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Definition of Nemertine
1. Noun. Soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.
Generic synonyms: Worm
Group relationships: Nemertea, Nemertina, Phylum Nemertea, Phylum Nemertina
Definition of Nemertine
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nemertine
Literary usage of Nemertine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1901)
"... bearing the young nemertine within its amniotic sac (after Korschelt and Heider).
... and giving rise to the body wall of the young nemertine (Figs. ..."
2. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"When the young nemertine has become pretty well formed within the ... 94) is
developed either before or after the detachment of the young nemertine, ..."
3. Embryogeny: An Account of the Laws Govering the Development of the Animal ...by Hans Przibram by Hans Przibram (1908)
"MECHANISM OP DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEMERTINA AND ANNELIDA. Fig. 1. Egg of the nemertine
... Egg of the nemertine ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The intro- versible tube may be completely closed, as in the " proboscis " of
nemertine worms, or ¡tm iv have a passage in it leading into a ..."
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