sipunculid

[ sahy-puhng-kyuh-lid ]

noun
  1. an invertebrate of the phylum Sipuncula, comprising the peanut worms.

adjective
  1. belonging or pertaining to the sipunculids.

Origin of sipunculid

1
1885–90; originally a member of the family Sipunculidae <New Latin, equivalent to Sipuncul(us) a genus (Latin: variant of sīphunculus;see siphuncle) + -idae-id2

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