Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tubeworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tube-worm
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.

Etymology

From tube + worm.

Inflected Forms

tubeworms (plural) tube worm (alternative)

Phrases

spiny tubeworm

Questions

What does tubeworm mean?: Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
Where does tubeworm come from?: From tube + worm.

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