Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Hir·u·din·ea Pronunciation:
"hir-(y)&-'din-E-& Function:
noun plural : a class of hermaphroditic aquatic,terrestrial, or parasitic annelid worms distinguished by a coelom nearly obliterated by connective tissue and reduced to a series of vascular sinuses, by modification of the hindmost segments into asucking disk, and by the absence of parapodia and setae