Polygordius

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

  Polygordius \Pol`y*gor"di*us\, n. [NL. See {Poly-}, and
     {Gordius}.] (Zool.)
     A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or
     ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of
     structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order
     Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See {Loeven's larva}.


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