Loricifera

Translingual

Etymology

Latin lōrīca (“breatplate”) +‎ -fera (“bearer”)

Proper noun

Loricifera

  1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa – many very small marine sediment-dwelling animals having a protective outer case (the lorica).

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