rhabdopleura Meaning, Definition & Usage

Rhab`do*pleu"ra noun

Etymology

NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + the side.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata