"tubeworm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tubeworms [plural], tube worm [alternative]
Etymology: From tube + worm. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tube|worm}} tube + worm Head templates: {{en-noun}} tubeworm (plural tubeworms)
  1. Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc. Derived forms: spiny tubeworm Translations (marine polychaete worm): putkimato (Finnish), toke pā (specificallyPomatoceros caeruleus) (Maori)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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