feather duster worm

English

Noun

feather duster worm (plural feather duster worms)

  1. Any of the Sabellidae, a family of sedentary marine polychaete tube worms with the head mostly concealed by feathery branchiae.
    • 2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 135:
      In addition, some tube dwelling species have dramatically modified segments used for water pumping or burrowing, and the filter-feeding feather duster worms produce fantastic flower-like crowns of feathery appendages.
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