Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feather duster worm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: feath-er -duster -worm
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the Sabellidae, a family of sedentary marine polychaete tube worms with the head mostly concealed by feathery branchiae.

Example Sentences

"In addition, some tube dwelling species have dramatically modified segments used for water pumping or burrowing, and the filter-feeding feather duster worms produce fantastic flower-like crowns of feathery appendages."

Inflected Forms

feather duster worms (plural)

Questions

What does feather duster worm mean?: Any of the Sabellidae, a family of sedentary marine polychaete tube worms with the head mostly concealed by feathery branchiae.

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