nemertianadj.n.
/nᵻˈməːtɪən/, /ˌnɛməˈtiːən/, /ˈnɛmətiːn/, U.S. /nəˈmərdiən/ Zoology. Now rare or disused.† A. adj.
= nemertean adj. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [adjective] > belonging to class Nemertea
nemertine1852
nemertian1861
rhynchocoelous1870
nemertean1873
nemertid1877
rhynchocoel1877
rhynchocoelic1898
rhynchocoelan1967
1861 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 3) vii. §397. 150 They may be divided into two families, the Planariæ and the Nemertian Worms.
1898 Science 18 Feb. 222/1 In the large Nemertian worm, Cerebratulus lacteus Verrill, the filose activities of the polar bodies are less difficult to see than those described in Echinoderms.
B. n.
= nemertean n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Nemertea > member of
nemertean1854
nemertian1868
pilidium1868
nemertid1870
nemertine1873
rhynchocoel1878
rhynchocoelan1960
1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 37 (table) Class V. Platyelminthes (Flat-worms). Orders: Turbellaria (Planarians and Nemertians).
1874 C. Darwin Descent of Man (ed. 2) ix. 264 Even the Nemertians..vie in beauty..with any other group in the invertebrate series.
1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 46 Among the nemertians, we may allude to the Anoplodium parasita.
1923 Ecology 4 350 Micruri leidyi, a south-ranging nemertian which was practically absent from its usual haunts in 1918, was present again in 1920.
1945 Ecology 26 36/2 Leptasterias (starfish), Pisaster (starfish), Amphiporus (nemertian), Micrura (nemertian), and the one fish inhabitant, Epigeichthys, are carnivores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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