penis worm

English

a penis worm

Noun

penis worm (plural penis worms)

1. Any of the marine worms of the phylum Priapula, with a phallic shape and a spiny proboscis.
   • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 30:

     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.

Synonyms

• priapulid

Translations

marine worm of the phylum Priapulida

• Finnish: makkaramato
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• German: Priapswurm m

References

• Priapulida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Priapula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Priapula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons