a small phylum of long deep-sea worms which live in upright tubes of protein and chitin. They lack mouths and guts, subsisting mainly on the products of symbiotic bacteria.
Derivatives
pogonophoran
noun & adjective
Origin:
modern Latin (plural), from Greek pōgōn 'beard' + pherein 'to bear'
Pogonophora in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of Pogonophora in the US English dictionary
