purple sock
purple sock noun: any of the genus Xenoturbella of marine deep-water flatworm-like animals of the phylum Xenacoelomorpha.
Noun
purple sock (plural purple socks)
- Any of the genus Xenoturbella of marine deep-water flatworm-like animals of the phylum Xenacoelomorpha.
- [see title] The animal, called Xenoturbella, is so bizarre that for 60 years researchers could not work out what it was - or where it fitted into the family tree.2016 February 3, Rebecca Morelle, “Mystery of deep-sea 'purple sock' solved”, in BBC, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2025
- She said they had quickly nicknamed it the “purple sock” because it was so difficult to describe the shape of the “really weird” creatures to people who hadn’t seen them.2016 February 4, Georgia McCafferty, “Deep-sea ‘purple sock’ provides clues to early life”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2024
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see purple, sock.
Forms of purple sock
| plural | purple socks |
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Questions about purple sock
- What does purple sock mean?
- Purple sock means any of the genus Xenoturbella of marine deep-water flatworm-like animals of the phylum Xenacoelomorpha.
- What part of speech is purple sock?
- Purple sock is a noun.
- What is the plural of purple sock?
- The plural of purple sock is purple socks.
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