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HIPPOCREPIAN
Noun
hippocrepian (plural hippocrepians)
One of an order of freshwater bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe.
Source: Wiktionary
Hip"po*crep"i*an, n. Etym: [See Hippocrepiform.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolæma.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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