Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A subordinal group of nemerteans or rhynchocœlous turbellarians, containing those nemertine worms which have the proboscis armed with stylets: opposed to Anopla.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.
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Examples
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In August 1962, I visited Bermuda to study the famous fireworm Odontosyllis enopla at the Bermuda Biological Station.
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But that's how it is on Providenciales (or Provo for short), where visitors happily pay for a chance to go on an excursion to see the odontosyllis enopla.
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