bristle worm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After comparing the markings with modern examples, the scientists concluded that they were made by a soft-bodied marine bristle worm belonging to a group known as spionids.
From Science Daily • Nov. 5, 2025
He was hooked as soon as his colleague Michael Bok at Lund University showed him a recording of the bristle worm.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
Scientists are amazed at the discovery of a bristle worm with such sharp-seeing eyes that they can measure up to those of mammals and octopuses.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
And it was this combination of factors about the Vanadis bristle worm that really caught Anders Garm's attention.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
Ramisyllis is a bristle worm that lives inside the water passages of a sponge called Petrosia in a shallow reef off the coast of northern Australia.
From Scientific American • Aug. 8, 2021
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