Dictionary entry

Aplacophora

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Ap′la‐coph″o‐ra (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. priv. + � a flat cake + � to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.