tanylobous

adjective

tany·​lo·​bous

¦tanə̇¦lōbəs

: having or being an elongated prostomium set off by a groove and overlapping the first true segments in the form of a tonguelike process

an annelid worm with a tanylobous prostomium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from tany- + lobus

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