priapulid

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Etymology[edit]

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

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priapulid (plural priapulids)

  1. (zoology) Any small marine worm of the phylum Priapulida.
    • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 30:
      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.
    • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 254:
      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.

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  • Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth (Margulis & Schwartz) →ISBN
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