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单词 acorn worm
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acorn worm

or a·corn·worm


noun

any of several burrowing, often brilliantly colored hemichordates of the class Enteropneusta, usually found in intertidal sand and mud, having an acorn-shaped proboscis and collar.

Origin of acorn worm

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby acorn worm

acorn clock, acorn spoon, acorn squash, acorn tube, acorn valve, acorn worm, A Coruña, Acosta's disease, acotyledon, acouasm, acouchi
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British Dictionary definitions for acorn worm

acorn worm

noun

any of various small burrowing marine animals of the genus Balanoglossus and related genera, having an elongated wormlike body with an acorn-shaped eversible proboscis at the head end: subphylum Hemichordata (hemichordates)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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