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bristle worm

British

noun

a popular name for a polychaete

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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

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

The Vanadis bristle worm has eyes as big as millstones -- relatively speaking.

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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