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Noun: beard worm
  1. Slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom
    "Beard worms were discovered near hydrothermal vents in the deep sea";
    - pogonophoran

Derived forms: beard worms

Type of: worm

Part of: phylum Pogonophora, Pogonophora

Encyclopedia: Beard worm