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POLYPLACOPHORE

Dictionary entry overview: What does polyplacophore mean?

• POLYPLACOPHORE (noun)
The noun POLYPLACOPHORE has 1 sense:

1. primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates

Familiarity information: POLYPLACOPHORE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POLYPLACOPHORE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

coat-of-mail shell; polyplacophore; sea cradle; chiton

Hypernyms ("polyplacophore" is a kind of...):

mollusc; mollusk; shellfish (invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell)

Holonyms ("polyplacophore" is a member of...):

genus Chiton (a genus of Polyplacophora)

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