lophophoren.
/ˈləʊfə(ʊ)fɔː/, /ˈlɒfə(ʊ)fɔː/, U.S. /ˈlɑfəˌfɔr/, /ˈloʊfəˌfɔr/ 1. Zoology. In Polyzoa, the oral disc at the free end of the polypide, bearing the tentacles.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of > oral disk
lophophore1850
1850 Allman in Brit. Assoc. Rept. (1851) 307 The sort of disc or stage which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacula, I have called Lophophore.
1855 Eng. Cycl., Nat. Hist. III. 861/1.
1885 A. S. Pennington Brit. Zoophytes 19.
2. A bird with crested crown and brilliant plumage, belonging to the genus Lophophorus of the family Phasianidæ. [Compare French lophophore.]
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Lophophorus (monaul)
monal pheasant1787
Impeyan pheasant1870
lophophore1883
1883 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 348 One of her dresses..made up principally of the feathers of the bright-plumaged lophophore.
1884 Western Daily Press 29 May 3/7 A butterfly, made of the feathers of the lophophore.
Derivatives
loˈphophoral adj. of or pertaining to a lophophore (sense 1).
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1890 in Cent. Dict. ; and in other recent Dicts.
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