balanoglosse
French, noun/ba.la.nɔ.ɡlɔs/
balanoglosse is spelled B-A-L-A-N-O-G-L-O-S-S-E (12 letters). Balanoglosse is a French masculine noun meaning “acorn worm of genus Balanoglossus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de la famille des Ptychoderidae (hémichordés). Ce sont des animaux vermiformes marins dont la trompe…”.
What does balanoglosse mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacorn worm of genus Balanoglossus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de la famille des Ptychoderidae (hémichordés). Ce sont des animaux vermiformes marins dont la trompe (comparée à une langue) est en forme de gland.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of balanoglosse
- balanoglosses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balanoglosse?
- /ba.la.nɔ.ɡlɔs/
- \ba.la.nɔ.ɡlɔs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.