the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun-plural. A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
A suborder of Amphineura. having the body vermiform, foot absent or merely a groove, and the cuticle more or less covered with spicules. It includes the families Neomeniidæ and Chætodermatidæ. Same as Solenogastres. Compare Polyplacophora.
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