Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, a worm-like animal belonging to the group Enteropneusta.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any member of the Enteropneusta; an acorn worm.
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The newly discovered invertebrate (a member of the family "enteropneust") is just one of the amazing species discovered during a recent international deep sea expedition as reported by British newspaper Telegraph.
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This is an enteropneust, otherwise known as an acorn worm.
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