Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
polyplacophore .
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
molluscs of classPolyplacophora - noun A mollusc of this class; a
chiton
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Examples
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Vetustovermis planus resembles molluscs by having a flat foot, a polyplacophoran-like flexible elongated body, and serial pairs of gills on each side of the trunk Brusca & Brusca 2002.
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“the polyplacophoran mollusk, Lepidochitona cinereus” in an invertebrate biology textbook and realized it could have a line in the Aeneid.
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