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phyllidium

The English word “phyllidium” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A muscular, leaf-shaped or cuplike outgrowth from the lateral wall of the scolex of some cestodes.
  2. A rudimentary form of ctenidium found in some gastropods.

Etymology

From phyllo- + -idium.

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