priapulid en · NOUN
Etymology
From scientific Latin Priapulus (genus name) + -id.
Meanings
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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.
2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 30: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.
2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 254:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| priapulids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |