amphid

noun

am·​phid

ˈamfə̇d

plural -s

: one of a pair of circular depressions situated laterally at the anterior end of aquatic nematodes and believed to be chemoreceptors

Word History

Etymology

Greek amphidea anything that is bound around

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

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