tube worm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Scientists photographed and filmed what looked like fields of marine life - dominated by various different types of tube worm and mollusc.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
Such tube worm colonies have been documented in the Gulf of Mexico on the steel luxury yacht Anona.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023
At first, Figgener and the other scientists onboard speculated that the object could be a barnacle or a tube worm.
From National Geographic • Dec. 12, 2023
Last month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported explorers found a type of foot-long marine tube worm living on a part of the seafloor off North Carolina where methane gas seeps from the earth.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2019
Dozens have responded to the Park Service post with guesses, including many who disagree with the tube worm theory.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2019
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