Leodice

noun

Le·​od·​i·​ce

lēˈädə(ˌ)sē

: a genus (the type of the family Leodicidae) of polychaete worms that includes the largest known polychaetes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably irregular from Greek Laodikē Laodice, a proper name

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