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    RIBBON WORM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contractplay

    Synonyms:

    nemertean; nemertine; proboscis worm; ribbon worm

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("ribbon worm" is a kind of...):

    worm (any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae)

    Holonyms ("ribbon worm" is a member of...):

    Nemertea; Nemertina; phylum Nemertea; phylum Nemertina (proboscis worms)

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