Aplacophora

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aplacophora \Ap`la*coph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + ?
     a flat cake + fe`rein to bear.] (Zool.)
     A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or
     covered with slender spines or set[ae], but is without shelly
     plates.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Aplacophora
       n : an order of Amphineura [syn: {Solenogastres}, {order
           Solenogastres}, {order Aplacophora}]