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Noun: aplacophoran
  1. Deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
    "Aplacophorans are rarely seen due to their deep-sea habitat";
    - solenogaster

Derived forms: aplacophorans

Type of: gasteropod [archaic], gastropod, univalve

Part of: Aplacophora, order Aplacophora, order Solenogastres, Solenogastres

Encyclopedia: Aplacophoran