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vestimentiferan

Pronunciation: /ˌvɛstɪmɛnˈtɪfərən/

Definition of vestimentiferan

noun

Zoology

a very large marine worm which lives in upright tubes near hydrothermal vents, subsisting on the products of chemoautotrophic bacteria.
- Order Vestimentifera, phylum Pogonophora; sometimes regarded as a separate phylum