Nearby words
fan the flames, fan tracery, fan vault, fan vaulting, fan window, fan worm, fan-tan, fana, fana test, fanagalo, fanakalo
Origin of fan worm
First recorded in 1850–55
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British Dictionary definitions for fan worm
fan worm
noun
any tube-dwelling polychaete worm of the family Sabellidae, having long tentacles that spread into a fan when the worm emerges from its tube
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