aquapharyngeal en · ADJ
Etymology
From aqua- + pharyngeal. From French aquo-pharyngien, coined by French marine biologist Edgard Hérouard in 1889 based on its constituent parts.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the bulb-like anterior part of a sea cucumber, containing the pharynx and water vascular system.
Tentacles are inserted rhythmically into the mouth as a result of the co-ordinated actions of the aquapharyngeal complex which is essentially similar in structure in all holothurians (Fig. 1).
2003 September 2, Margaret Barnes, R N Gibson, R. N. Gibson, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review: Volume 38: An Annual Review:, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 260: