Heteronemertea

plural noun

Het·​ero·​nemertea

¦hetərō+

: an order of Nemertea (class Anopla) comprising long slender forms with cerebral organs and often with caudal cirri

heteronemertean

"+

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from heter- + Nemertea

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