Terebella

noun

Ter·​e·​bel·​la

ˌterəˈbelə

: a genus of tube-forming marine polychaete worms with horseshoe-shaped preoral lobe, many filamentous tentacles, several pairs of segmental gills, and reduced parapodia that is type of a family Terebellidae of nearly cosmopolitan distribution

terebellid

¦⸗⸗¦⸗lə̇d

adjective or noun

terebelloid

-ˌlȯid

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from diminutive of Latin terebra borer, gimlet

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