worm-shaped
31ring|worm — «RIHNG WURM», noun. any one of several contagious skin diseases caused by fungi. One kind appears in the form of ring shaped patches on the skin. Ringworm of the feet is called athlete s foot. Ringworm of the scalp often occurs among… …
32parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U shaped, parchmentlike tube. * * * ▪ polychaete genus (genus Chaetopterus), any of several species of segmented worms of the class Polychaeta (phylum… …
33acorn worm — noun Date: circa 1889 any of a class (Enteropneusta) of burrowing wormlike marine animals having an acorn shaped proboscis and classified with the hemichordates …
34ring·worm — /ˈrıŋˌwɚm/ noun [noncount] : a disease that causes ring shaped marks to appear on the skin …
35vermiform — worm shaped …
36vermiform — Worm shaped; resembling a worm in form, denoting especially the appendix of the cecum. SEE ALSO: lumbricoid, scolecoid (2). [vermi + L. forma, form] * * * ver·mi·form vər mə .fȯrm adj resembling a worm in shape * * * ver·mi·form (vurґm& …
37helminthoid — worm shaped Shapes and Resemblance …
38mollusk — molluskan, molluscan /meuh lus keuhn/, adj., n. mollusklike, adj. /mol euhsk/, n. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body,… …
39Demersal fish — Bluespotted ribbontail ray resting on the seafloor Demersal fish live on or near the bottom of the sea or lakes.[1] They occupy the sea floors and lake beds, which usually consist of mud, sand, gravel or rocks …
40circulation — circulable /serr kyeuh leuh beuhl/, adj. /serr kyeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing. 2. the continuous movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels, which is maintained… …
