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pogonophoran (iou) and girder (iou)


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.

girder (iou)



girder noun & verb. E17.
[from GIRD verb1 + -ER1.]
A. noun.
A main beam, orig. of wood but now often of steel or iron, used to support the joists of a floor. E17.
Anthony Huxley Strong steel girders in a ferro-concrete building.
A latticed or Other compound structure of esp. steel or iron used to form the span of a bridge, a roof, etc. M19.
Comb.: girder bridge: with a superstructure of longitudinal girders.
b. verb trans. Support or strengthen with or as with a girder M20.