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| a·pla·co·pho·ran [ ày pla kóffərən, àpplə kóffərən ] (plural a·pla·co·pho·rans) |
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sea mollusk resembling worm: a mollusk that does not have a shell, superficially resembles a worm, and lives on or burrows in the seabed. Class Aplacophora.
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin Aplacophora< Greek a- "without, not" + plak-, stem of plax "flat plate" + -phoros (see -phore)] |
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