Echinoderes

noun

Ech·​i·​nod·​er·​es

-ˌrēz

: a genus (the type of the family Echinoderidae) of minute segmented spinous marine worms that is the first-known and best-known representative of the class Kinorhyncha

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from echin- + -deres (from Greek derē, deirē neck)

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