pogonophoran

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noun

Any marine, wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pogonophora.

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beard worm
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Meanings

nounpogonophoran (plural pogonophorans)

plural pogonophorans

  1. biologyAny marine, wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pogonophora.
adjectivepogonophoran (comparative more pogonophoran, superlative most pogonophoran)

comparative more pogonophoran · superlative most pogonophoran

  1. Characteristic of these creatures

Synonyms & antonyms

nounslender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom

Similar
beard worm
Broader
worm
Also see
beard worm

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Pogonophora + -an

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APA

pogonophoran. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pogonophoran

MLA

“pogonophoran.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pogonophoran. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pogonophoran,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pogonophoran.

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