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monoplacophoran

mon·o·pla·coph·or·an [ mònnō pla kóffərən, mònnō plàkə fáwrən ] (plural mon·o·pla·coph·or·ans)


noun 
Definition:
 
sea mollusk with cap-shaped shell: a sea mollusk with a cap-shaped shell that generally lives at great depths. Class Monoplacophora.

[Mid-20th century. < modern Latin Monoplacophora< Greek + plak- "flat plate"]
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