solenogaster

[suh-lee-nuh-gas-ter, -len-uh-]

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noun

Zoology.

any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.

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< New Latin, equivalent to soleno- (combining form of Greek ��ō��ḗn pipe, channel; -o- ) + -gaster < Greek ��ḗr paunch, belly

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