Stylochus

noun

Sty·​lo·​chus

ˈstīləkəs

: a genus (the type of the family Stylochidae) of large polyclad flatworms with an oval flat body, short tentacles, and pharynx with several accessory lobes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from styl- entry 2 + Greek ochos one that holds, from echein to have, hold

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