tube worm


tube worm

noun

Definition of TUBE WORM

: a worm that lives in a tube: as a : any of various polychaetes or oligochaetes b (1) : pogonophoran (2) : vestimentiferan

First Known Use of TUBE WORM

circa 1819

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