lophophorate

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English

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Etymology

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From lophophore +‎ -ate.

Adjective

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lophophorate (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having a lophophore.

Noun

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lophophorate (plural lophophorates)

  1. (zoology) A member of the Lophophorata, a clade of invertebrate animals.
    • 2017 January 18, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian‎[1]:
      The presence of a lophophore, combined with other features including a U-shaped gut, means that hyoliths are also lophophorates, and not molluscs.
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