Definition of Heteronereis
1. n. A free- swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.
Medical Definition of Heteronereis
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A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.
In this state the head and its appendages are changed in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of the parapodia are highly modified by the development of finlike lobes, and branchial lamellae, and their setae become longer and bladelike.
Origin: NL. See Hetero-, and Nereis.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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