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acornworm

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acorn worm

–noun
any of several burrowing, often brilliantly colored hemichordates of the class Enteropneusta, usually found in intertidal sand and mud, having an acorn-shaped proboscis and collar.
Also, a⋅corn⋅worm.


Origin:
1885–90
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