Glycera

noun

Glyc·​era

ˈglisərə

: a common widely distributed genus (the type of the family Glyceridae) of usually brightly colored burrowing marine polychaete worms having simple parapodia and an extremely large introvert armed with four chitinous jaws suggestive of hooks

glycerid

-rə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin Glycera (feminine proper name)

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