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- noun biology Any small
marine worm of thephylum Priapulida .
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Examples
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Does the force that makes a functional eye also explain why the world houses more than five hundred thousand species of beetles and fewer than fifty species of priapulid worms?
Darwinian Fundamentalism Gould, Stephen Jay 1997
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For example, the little-studied priapulid worms (aka "penis worms") have only 16 species on the books, but with a very large range in size.
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For example, the little-studied priapulid worms (aka "penis worms") have only 16 species on the books, but with a very large range in size.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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For example, the little-studied priapulid worms (aka "penis worms") have only 16 species on the books, but with a very large range in size.
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For example, the little-studied priapulid worms (aka "penis worms") have only 16 species on the books, but with a very large range in size.
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While they may look like nematodes, nematomorphs have a much simpler reproductive system, are free-living throughout their adult life, and have larvae that look like little priapulid worms.
mollusque commented on the word priapulid
A member of the phylum Priapulida, also known as penis worms.
November 21, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word priapulid
!!!!
November 21, 2007
skipvia commented on the word priapulid
Not to worry, c_b. No baculums (bacula?) involved...
November 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the word priapulid
I'm not sure those two words should ever be side by side like that.
November 21, 2007