aplacophoran n 1: deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle [syn: {solenogaster}, {aplacophoran}]
aplacophoran \aplacophoran\ n. 1. one of the {aplacophora}; a deep-water wormlike mollusk lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle. Syn: solenogaster [WordNet 1.5]