Aplacophoran

2 definitions found

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

  aplacophoran \aplacophoran\ n.
     1. one of the {aplacophora}; a deep-water wormlike mollusk
        lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine limy
        spicules on the covering mantle.
  
     Syn: solenogaster


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aplacophoran
       n : deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on
           the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering
           mantle [syn: {solenogaster}]