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spoonworm

[ spoon-wurm ]

noun

  1. any of various unsegmented, burrowing marine worms of the phylum Echiura, of shallow waters worldwide, having a sausage-shaped body and a flattened head.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spoonworm1

First recorded in 1835–45; spoon + worm
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New bivalve species and sideswimmer have been found to live communally with the greenish Bonellia spoonworm.

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In response, biologist Ivan Parr explained that the worms, formally called Urechis caupo, are a species of marine spoonworm that live between southern Oregon and Baja California.

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