lophophorate
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From lophophore + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
[edit]lophophorate (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having a lophophore.
Etymology 2
[edit]From a substantivation of the above adjective through the associated clade's name. Equivalent to lophophore + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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.