Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various chiefly marine worms or wormlike invertebrates of the phyla Annelida and Phoronida that live inside tubular cases made of chitinous or calcareous secretions or of particles of sand or mud.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tubicolous worm; one of the sedentary annelids which live in cases; especially, a serpula. See
Tubicolæ , 2 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology Any of many
marine polychaete worms , mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanentcalcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
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Examples
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Uncovering a novel mechanism of symbiont acquisition, researchers at Penn State and the University of Vienna have shown that the symbiotic bacteria infect tubeworm larvae through their skin.
May 19th, 2006 2006
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The researchers picked that name to highlight the presence of a pink form of the jellyfish order Stauromedusae as well as numerous spiky tubeworm casings that festoon the vent chimney and bring to mind "the serpent-haired Medusa of Greek myth," said expedition leader Emily Klein.
Archive 2007-04-01 Staq Mavlen 2007
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The researchers picked that name to highlight the presence of a pink form of the jellyfish order Stauromedusae as well as numerous spiky tubeworm casings that festoon the vent chimney and bring to mind "the serpent-haired Medusa of Greek myth," said expedition leader Emily Klein.
Medusa's Deep Sea Vent Staq Mavlen 2007
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Other times, the eruption intensifies and leads to, in this case, a tubeworm barbecue.
Remarks By President And The First Lady At Millennium Event ITY National Archives 2000
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The unnamed worms are known as annelids, a group that also includes the familiar garden earthworm, as well as more unusual critters such as the giant hydrothermal vent tubeworm.
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Robert Feldman has been fascinated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm since high school.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010
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Robert Feldman has been fascinated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm since high school.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010
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"At the precipice of pubescence, the young naked initiates drop jaw to the erotic banquet," Mackert precisely preaches, "By which they are conducted through Salivia, the sopping tubeworm reclining pinkly through space, connecting first to second Earth."
mndaily.com - all articles blang@mndaily.com 2010
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Robert Feldman has been fascinated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm since high school.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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Robert Feldman has been fascinated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm since high school.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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