pogonophoran

noun

po·​go·​noph·​o·​ran ˌpō-gə-ˈnä-fə-rən 

: any of a phylum (Pogonophora) of marine wormlike animals of uncertain systematic relationships that live in chitinous tubes on the floor of deep seas, have obscure segmentation, and lack a mouth and digestive tract

pogonophoran adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Pogonophora, from Greek pōgōnophora, neuter plural of pōgōnophoros wearing a beard, from pōgōn beard + -phoros -phore

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above