lophophorate
English edit
Etymology edit
lophophore + -ate
Adjective edit
lophophorate (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having a lophophore.
Noun edit
lophophorate (plural lophophorates)
- (zoology) A member of the Lophophorata, a clade of invertebrate animals.
- 2017 January 18, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian[1]:
- The presence of a lophophore, combined with other features including a U-shaped gut, means that hyoliths are also lophophorates, and not molluscs.