Meanings
plural priapulids
- biologyAny small marine worm of the phylum Priapulida.
The holes that litter the seabed are entrances to the burrows of priapulids – ‘penis worms’, named for their appearance – and their armoured cousins, the palaeoscolecids.
2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 2541 more example
Like Kimberella’s scrape marks that connect it to modern mollusks, these ancient burrows were certainly created, if not by true priapulids, then by something very similar indeed.
2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 30Synonyms: penis worm
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny small marine worm of the phylum Priapulida.
Origin
From scientific Latin Priapulus (genus name) + -id.
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