Priapulid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Priapulid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any small marine worm of the phylum Priapulida.
Meaning
(zoology) Any small marine worm of the phylum Priapulida.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- priapulids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tubiluchid, procerodid, serpulid, diapriid, serpulimorph, pseudocerotid.
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