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tube worm

Definition of tube worm

noun

  • a marine bristle worm, especially a fan worm, which lives in a tube made from sand particles or in a calcareous tube that it secretes.
    • Families Serpulidae and Sabellidae, phylum Polychaeta
  • a pogonophoran or vestimentiferan worm.

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Definition of tube worm in the US English dictionary