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phoronid in British English (fəˈrəʊnɪd) nouna small, wormlike marine animal which usually lives in the mud of the sea bottom and is hermaphrodite Also commonly called: horseshoe worm phoronid in American English (fəˈroʊnɪd) noun1. any of a small phylum (Phoronida) of unsegmented, wormlike marine animals, with a U-shaped digestive tract and a lophophore adjective2. of or belonging to the phoronids Word origin < ModL Phoronidea, prob. < L Phoronis, Io 1 + -idea, neut. pl. suffix |