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Meaning of penis worm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of the marine worms of the phylum Priapulida, with a phallic shape and a spiny proboscis.

Equivalents

Deutsch Priapswurm
Suomi makkaramato

Examples

“Penis worms today use their hydrostatic skeletons to make burrows with a distinctive shape, and paleontologists have discovered similar shapes in rocks 542 million years old.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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