See Also: pogonophoran(dictionary)

pogonophoran (iou)



pogonophoran noun & adjective. L20.
[from mod. Latin Pogonophora (see below), from Greek pogon beard: see -PHORE, -AN.]
Zoology.
A. noun. A very long slender tube-dwelling deep-sea invertebrate of the phylum Pogonophora, lacking a mouth and gut, and subsisting mainly on the products of symbiotic bacteria. L20.
B. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating this phylum. L20.
pogonophore noun = POGONOPHORAN noun M20.
pogonophorous adjective (rare) = POGONOPHORAN adjective M20.