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Webster 1913 Edition

Phoronis

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Pho-ro′nis

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Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
Phoronis
, a surname of Io, Gr. [GREEK].]
(Zool.)
A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

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