archoophorans

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archoophorans (noun, plural; Greek arche, beginning; pherein, to carry): (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) 1. Individuals with modified cleavage in which yolk is stored in the oocytes; entolecithal eggs

See also: neophorans. 2. Archoophora A former division of the Tubellaria; a superorder.