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Phoronidea

noun

small phylum of wormlike marine animals

• Syn: ↑Phoronida, ↑phylum Phoronida

• Hypernyms: ↑phylum

• Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom

• Member Meronyms: ↑phoronid

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\\ˌfōrəˈnidēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Phoronis + -idea

: a group (coextensive with the genus Phoronis) of marine animals of uncertain systematic position that has at various times been associated with the Molluscoidea, the Gephyrea, or the Hemichordata or treated as a separate phylum

Useful english dictionary. 2012.