Cerebratulus

noun

Cer·​e·​brat·​u·​lus

ˌserəˈbrachələs

: a genus of marine burrowing nemertine worms usually of flattened form and often many feet long

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Latin cerebrum brain; probably from the resemblance of its coils to the convolutions of the brain

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