paddle worm

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any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore

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Words nearby paddle worm

paddlefish, paddle one's own canoe, paddle steamer, paddle tennis, paddle wheel, paddle worm, paddock, paddock-basher, paddy, paddy-last, paddymelon

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Others plan where to paddle into the surf off Black's Beach to catch a wave when the big breakers start rolling in.
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Ever obliging, Springsteen then flexed all the right things on a paddle board.
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And the other is what is called a horsehair worm that overtakes the bodies of insects.
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Who knew, by the way, that The Carter Center has wiped out guinea worm just about everywhere in Africa but South Sudan?
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So, Grey Worm arms the slaves of Meereen, who outnumber the citizens three-to-one.
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Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
It was no worm that Mrs. Robin had found, but Grandfather Mole's hairless tail sticking out of the ground.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
For Mrs. Robin had an end of a pinkish-white worm in her bill, on which she was tugging as hard as she could.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Then she would turn him over on his back and paddle his stomach with a ladle to make sure that he was well filled!
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
When he was interviewed, fearsome in manner as he was, he sent the worm away packed with ideas and phrases.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

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