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| lo·ri·cif·er·an [ làwrə síffərən ] (plural lo·ri·cif·er·ans) |
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microscopic bottom-dwelling sea animal: a microscopic bottom-dwelling sea animal that has an ovoid body covered in protective spiny plates and a flexible retractable mouth tube. Phylum Loricifera.
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin Loricifera< Latin lorica (see lorica)] |
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