Terebella
noun
Ter·e·bel·la
ˌterəˈbelə
: a genus of tube-forming marine polychaete worms with horseshoe-shaped preoral lobe, many filamentous tentacles, several pairs of segmental gills, and reduced parapodia that is type of a family Terebellidae of nearly cosmopolitan distribution
terebellid adjective or noun
¦⸗⸗¦⸗lə̇d
terebelloid adjective or noun
-ˌlȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from diminutive of Latin terebra borer, gimlet