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POGONOPHORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pogonophora mean?
• POGONOPHORA (noun)
The noun POGONOPHORA has 1 sense:
1. beard worms
Familiarity information: POGONOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beard worms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
phylum Pogonophora; Pogonophora
Hypernyms ("Pogonophora" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Pogonophora"):
beard worm; pogonophoran (slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom)
Holonyms ("Pogonophora" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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