lophophorate adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Having a lophophore. noun1 •A member of the Lophophorata, a clade of invertebrate animals.The presence of a lophophore, combined with other features including a U-shaped gut, means that hyoliths are also lophophorates, and not molluscs. — 2017 formslophophorates