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aplacophoran

[ ap-luh-kof-er-uhn ]

noun

, Zoology.


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Origin of aplacophoran1

< New Latin Aplacophor ( a ) the class name ( a- a- 6 + Greek plak-, stem of pláx flat object, tablet + -o- -o- + -phora, neuter plural of -phoros bearing, -phorous ) + -an

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