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Webster 1913 Edition


Polygordius


Polˊy-gor′di-us

,
Noun.
[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
.

Definition 2024


polygordius

polygordius

See also: Polygordius

English

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Noun

polygordius

  1. (zoology) A marine annelids of genus Polygordius, 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.

References

  • polygordius in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913