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gephyrean, a. and n.|dʒɛfɪˈriːən|
[f. mod.L. Gephyrea, n. pl. (f. Gr. γέϕῡρα bridge) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Gephyrea, a class or group of the Vermes or worms.
B. n. A worm of this class.
1881Carpenter Microsc. §596. 701 This was discovered by Krohn in 1858 to be a Gephyrean Worm. 1887Athenæum 7 May 611/3 A report on the gephyreans of the Mergui Archipelago, by Prof. E. Selenka, of Erlangen, was read. 1893Ibid. 29 Apr. 541/2 A communication was read from Mr. A. E. Shipley, on the anatomy and histology of two gephyrean worms of the genus Sipunculus. |