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spoonworm
[ spoon-wurm ]
noun
- 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
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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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