acorn worm
noun
: any of a class (Enteropneusta) of burrowing wormlike marine animals having an acorn-shaped proboscis and classified with the hemichordates
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The census turned up more than 6,000 new species candidates, including the pair depicted here: an acorn worm from the deeps of the North Atlantic, and a polychaete worm (right) found on a whale carcass near Japan.
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Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2010
An enteropneust, or acorn worm, in the process of leaving behind its characteristic fecal coil on the bottom of the ocean in the Sirena Canyon.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2016
This is an acorn worm, a scavenger of seafloor sediment that the researchers found in the North Atlantic.
—Discover Magazine, 7 July 2010
This larva belongs to tornaria, a kind of acorn worm that likes to live in plankton.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2010
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Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2010
An enteropneust, or acorn worm, in the process of leaving behind its characteristic fecal coil on the bottom of the ocean in the Sirena Canyon.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2016
This is an acorn worm, a scavenger of seafloor sediment that the researchers found in the North Atlantic.
—Discover Magazine, 7 July 2010
This larva belongs to tornaria, a kind of acorn worm that likes to live in plankton.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2010
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“Acorn worm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acorn%20worm. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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