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Aplacophora


Apˊla-coph′o-ra

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
priv. + [GREEK] a flat cake +
φέρειν
to bear.]
(Zool.)
A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.

Definition 2024


Aplacophora

Aplacophora

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Proper noun

Aplacophora

  1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca vermiform marine mollusks lacking shells.

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