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TEREBELLIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies

Synonyms:

family Terebellidae; Terebellidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Terebellidae" is a kind of...):

worm family (a family of worms)

Meronyms (members of "Terebellidae"):

genus Terebella; Terebella (type genus of Terebellidae; tube-forming marine polychete worms with many filamentous tentacles)

genus Polycirrus; Polycirrus (genus of soft-bodied polychete marine worms)

Holonyms ("Terebellidae" is a member of...):

class Polychaeta; Polychaeta (marine annelid worms)

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