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PHORONID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phoronid" is a kind of...):
invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)
Holonyms ("phoronid" is a member of...):
Phoronida; Phoronidea; phylum Phoronida (small phylum of wormlike marine animals)