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Significado de serpula

n.

Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.

Vogais: eua

Consoantes: srpl

Palavras Parecidas

serpulae, surphul, scrofula, showerful, serval, servile, sharply, servable, sorweful, scrappily.