PHORONID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phoronid mean? 

• PHORONID (noun)
  The noun PHORONID has 1 sense:

1. hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom

  Familiarity information: PHORONID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHORONID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("phoronid" is a kind of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Holonyms ("phoronid" is a member of...):

Phoronida; Phoronidea; phylum Phoronida (small phylum of wormlike marine animals)