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Webster 1913 Edition
Tubeworm
Tube′wormˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolae.
Definition 2024
tubeworm
tubeworm
See also: tube worm
English
Alternative forms
Noun
tubeworm (plural tubeworms)
- Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
Translations
marine polychaete worm
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