Noun: phoronid fu'row-nid
- A marine worm-like animal that lives in tubes in sea bottom sediments and feeds by filtering water
"Phoronids are filter feeders that construct tubes in marine sediments"
Derived forms: phoronids
Type of: invertebrate
Part of: Phoronida, Phoronidea, phylum Phoronida
Encyclopedia: Phoronid