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echiuroid

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ech⋅i⋅u⋅roid

  [ek-ee-yoor-oid]
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–noun
1. any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
–adjective
2. belonging or pertaining to the Echiuroidea.
Origin:
1885–90; < NL Echiuroidea; see echiurid, -oidea
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