serpuline

English

Etymology

From serpula +‎ -ine.

Adjective

serpuline (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a serpula.
    • 1911, Bermudas, volume 3, Encyclopædia Britannica:
      The very remarkable “serpuline atolls” are covered by a solid crust made of the convoluted tubes of serpulae and Vermetus, together with barnacles, mussels, nullipores, corallines and some true incrusting corals.
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