giant tube worm

noun

Riftia pachyptila, a large marine worm found around the floor of the Pacific Ocean near geothermal vents.

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Meanings

noungiant tube worm (plural giant tube worms)

plural giant tube worms

  1. Riftia pachyptila, a large marine worm found around the floor of the Pacific Ocean near geothermal vents.
  2. Kuphus polythalamia, a shipworm, that feeds on submerged wood and is the longest extant mollusc.
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