Palaeonemertea

plural noun

Palaeo·​nemertea

: an order of nemertean worms (class Anopla) that have two layers of body-wall musculature, a proboscis without a stylet, and a brain that is not divided into lobes

palaeonemertean

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adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pale- + Nemertea

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