bristle worm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Vanadis bristle worm has eyes as big as millstones -- relatively speaking.
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
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
The marine bristle worm Platynereis dumerilii, for example, employs a special Cry protein designated L-Cry to distinguish between sunlight and moonlight as well as between different moon phases.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023
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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