sabella

noun

sa·​bel·​la

səˈbelə

1

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Sabellidae) of tube-dwelling marine polychaete worms with the prostomial palps modified into semicircular plumose gills

2

plural -s : any worm of the genus Sabella

sabelliform

-ləˌfȯrm

adjective

sabelloid

səˈbeˌlȯid

ˈsabəˌl-

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin sabulum sand + New Latin -ella

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