Priapulid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any small marine worm of the phylum Priapulida.

    "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."

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penis wormpenis worm

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"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."

Etymology

From scientific Latin Priapulus (genus name) + -id.

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