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feather duster worms

feather duster worms is the plural of feather duster worm.

Meaning of feather duster worm

Noun

feather duster worm (plural feather duster worms)

  1. Any of the Sabellidae, a family of sedentary marine polychaete tube worms with the head mostly concealed by feathery branchiae.
    • In addition, some tube dwelling species have dramatically modified segments used for water pumping or burrowing, and the filter-feeding feather duster worms produce fantastic flower-like crowns of feathery appendages.2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 135

Questions about feather duster worms

What is feather duster worms the plural of?
Feather duster worms is the plural of feather duster worm.

Words near feather duster worms in the dictionary

  1. feather boas
  2. feather Christmas tree
  3. feather Christmas trees
  4. feather duster
  5. feather duster worm
  6. feather duster worms
  7. feather dusters
  8. feather edge
  9. feather edged
  10. feather edger
  11. feather edgers

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