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nemertine, n. and a.|nɪˈmɜːtaɪn|
[f. mod.L. Nemert-es (see nemertean) + -ine.]
A. adj. Belonging to the class of flat-worms (chiefly marine) known as Nemertina, Nemertida, or Nemertea, usually characterized by an elongated, very contractile body, and often brilliantly coloured.
1851T. Williams in Phil. Trans. (1852) CLXII. 620 As the Nemertine Annelida differ from all the other orders of their class. 1875Moseley in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. XV. 168 In other respects Pelagonemertes is thoroughly Nemertine in structure. 1896Kirkaldy & Pollard tr. Boas' Zool. 155 Invagination of the skin, from which a great part of the final Nemertine body arises.
B. n. A flat-worm of the class Nemertina; a ribbon-worm.
1875Moseley in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. XV. 167 The outer surface of the body of the Nemertine is covered with a hyaline, very thin integument. 1896Kirkaldy & Pollard tr. Boas' Zool. 153 The Nemertines are, as a rule, elongate, often even ribbon-like, animals of considerable size. |