giant tube worm

English

Noun

giant tube worm (plural giant tube worms)

  1. Riftia pachyptila, a large marine worm found around the floor of the Pacific Ocean near geothermal vents.
  2. Kuphus polythalamia, a shipworm, that feeds on submerged wood and is the longest extant mollusc.
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