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nounpenis worm (plural penis worms)
plural penis worms
- Any of the marine worms of the phylum Priapulida, with a phallic shape and a spiny proboscis.
Penis worms today use their hydrostatic skeletons to make burrows with a distinctive shape, and paleontologists have discovered similar shapes in rocks 542 million years old.
2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 30Synonyms: priapulid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the marine worms of the phylum Priapulida, with a phallic shape and a spiny proboscis.
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Finnish makkaramato
- makkaramatomarine worm of the phylum Priapulida
German Priapswurm
- Priapswurmmarine worm of the phylum Priapulida
Swedish snabelsäckmask
- snabelsäckmaskmarine worm of the phylum Priapulida
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