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serpuline

serpuline adjective: of or relating to a serpula.

Adjective

serpuline (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a serpula.
    • The very remarkable “serpuline atolls” are covered by a solid crust made of the convoluted tubes of serpulae and Vermetus, together with barnacles, mussels, nullipores, corallines and some true incrusting corals.1911, Bermudas, volume 3, Encyclopædia Britannica

Origin of serpuline

From serpula + -ine.

Questions about serpuline

What does serpuline mean?
Serpuline means of or relating to a serpula.
What part of speech is serpuline?
Serpuline is an adjective.

Words near serpuline in the dictionary

  1. serpulas
  2. serpulid
  3. serpulids
  4. serpulimorph
  5. serpulimorphs
  6. serpuline
  7. serpulite
  8. serpulites
  9. serpulitic
  10. serpuloid
  11. serpuloidean

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