Vestimentiferan Definition
vĕstə-mĕn-tĭfər-ən
noun
Any of various often large marine annelid tubeworms of the family Siboglinidae that inhabit deep-sea hydrothermal vents and lack a digestive system, depending on endosymbiotic bacteria for nutrition. Vestimentiferans were formerly classified in the phylum Vestimentifera.
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Noun
Singular:
vestimentiferan
Plural:
vestimentiferansOrigin of Vestimentiferan
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From New Latin Vestīmentifera former phylum name Latin vestīmentum outer garment vestment Latin -fera neuter pl. of -fer -fer
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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