Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Lophophore

Loph′o-phore

,
Noun.
[Gr.
λόφοσ
a crest or tuft +
φέρειν
to bear.]
(Zool.)
A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See
Phylactolemata
.