Thesaurus: heteronereis

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1. n. A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.
2. A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis. Note: 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 lamellæ, and their setæ become longer and bladelike.
3. A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species ofNereis.
4. n. A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.