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Webster 1913 Edition
Spiodea
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Spi-o′de-a
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr.
Spio
the typical genus.] (Zool.)
An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.