Definitions
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- noun Any
polychaete worm of the genusAmphitrite .
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Examples
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Shore crab Carcinus mediterraneus and Balanus amphitrite occur near the Tindja canal.
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I did not expend my sous to see the wretched bat, but I did lavish thirty centimes on the amphitrite next door.
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You shall yourselves decide whether the amphitrite is worth six sous.
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In this case, you could have felt virtuous getting rid of the styrofoam - the stripy barnacles are the invasive Balanus amphitrite.
Planet Atheism 2008
mollusque commented on the word amphitrite
A genus of polychaete worm.
August 18, 2008