sipunculid

sipunculid
/suy pung"kyeuh lid/, n.
1. an invertebrate of the phylum Sipuncula, comprising the peanut worms.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the sipunculids.
[1885-90; orig. a member of the family Sipunculidae < NL, equiv. to Sipuncul(us) a genus (L: var. of SIPHUNCULUS; see SIPHUNCLE) + -idae -ID2]

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