tube worm
noun
: a worm that lives in a tube (as one composed of sand grains or calcium carbonate) : such as
a
: any of various polychaetes or oligochaetes
b(1)
(2)
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Overturning small portions of Earth’s crust revealed tiny tube worm larvae as well as some tube worms that reached 1.6 feet (0.5 meter) long.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
These hydrothermal vents belch warm towers of elements that draw clusters of animal life, such as tube worms.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Particularly impressive are the Animal Flower Cave, home to dramatic rock pools with sea anemones and tube worms, and the cliffside restaurant with local fare and great views.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
Hundreds of life forms, including microbes, mussels and tube worms, colonized these structures, thriving near zones of intense pressure and temperatures as hot as 248 degrees Fahrenheit (120 Celsius).
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
Such tube worm colonies have been documented in the Gulf of Mexico on the steel luxury yacht Anona.
—Avery Paxton, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
There were tube worms, not the spectacular six-foot Riftia found at the first vents discovered, off the Galápagos--for some reason the organisms at the Juan de Fuca tend to be smaller--but a more modest relative, genus Ridgeia.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
But Lutz was looking for rich beds of mollusks and forests of tube worms.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Even in these cold, dark zones, the vents were home to all kinds of living organisms, including giant tube worms, clams, crabs and other species.
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 5 June 2023
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
These hydrothermal vents belch warm towers of elements that draw clusters of animal life, such as tube worms.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Particularly impressive are the Animal Flower Cave, home to dramatic rock pools with sea anemones and tube worms, and the cliffside restaurant with local fare and great views.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
Hundreds of life forms, including microbes, mussels and tube worms, colonized these structures, thriving near zones of intense pressure and temperatures as hot as 248 degrees Fahrenheit (120 Celsius).
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
Such tube worm colonies have been documented in the Gulf of Mexico on the steel luxury yacht Anona.
—Avery Paxton, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
There were tube worms, not the spectacular six-foot Riftia found at the first vents discovered, off the Galápagos--for some reason the organisms at the Juan de Fuca tend to be smaller--but a more modest relative, genus Ridgeia.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
But Lutz was looking for rich beds of mollusks and forests of tube worms.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Even in these cold, dark zones, the vents were home to all kinds of living organisms, including giant tube worms, clams, crabs and other species.
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 5 June 2023
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“Tube worm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tube%20worm. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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