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bamboo worm

noun

Definition of bamboo worm

: a common slender cylindrical reddish polychaete worm (Clymenella torquata) dwelling in tubes in the littoral zone along the New England coast

History and Etymology for bamboo worm

so called from the resemblance of the segmentally striped body to a jointed bamboo stalk

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