Terebellidae

plural noun

Ter·​e·​bel·​li·​dae

: a large family of marine burrowing or tube-forming polychaete worms with often showy filamentous anterior gills and usually a long thick body

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Terebella, type genus + -idae

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