| 释义 |
‖ palolo|pəˈləʊləʊ|
[Native name in Samoa and Tonga.]
A nereid worm (Palolo viridis), abundant in some parts of the Pacific, and esteemed as food by the natives, who catch it when it annually visits the shores to spawn.
1895Edin. Rev. July 102 The palolo worm, greatly esteemed as an article of food by the Pacific islanders. 1903Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 3/2 A very interesting account..of the well-known annual fishery of the Palolo worm. |