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lophophorates

lophophorates is the plural of lophophorate.

Meaning of lophophorate

Noun

lophophorate (plural lophophorates)

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

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Questions about lophophorates

What is lophophorates the plural of?
Lophophorates is the plural of lophophorate.

Words near lophophorates in the dictionary

  1. lophomonad
  2. lophomonads
  3. lophophine
  4. lophophoral
  5. lophophorate
  6. lophophorates
  7. lophophore
  8. lophophores
  9. lophophyllid
  10. lophophylloid
  11. lophorina

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