Definition of Sabella

1. n. A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.

Definition of Sabella

1. Proper noun. a female given name, diminutive of Isabella ¹

2. Noun. A seaworm of the genus ''Sabella'', around 25 cm long, which lives in tubes that it builds itself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sabella

1. a worm [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sabella

1. A genus of tubiculous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around head. Origin: NL, fr. L. Sabulum gravel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabella

sabbatical year
sabbatical years
sabbaticals
sabbatics
sabbatization
sabbatize
sabbaton
sabbats
sabbed
sabbeka
sabbing
sabcomeline
sabe
sabed
sabeing
sabella
sabellas
sabellianism
sabellid
sabelliite
sabelloid
saber
saber-rattling
saber-sheath trachea
saber-toothed
saber-toothed tiger
saber-toothed tigers
saber rattling
saber saw

Literary usage of Sabella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Conchologist by John Warren (1834)
"Inhabitants various, as Nereis, Amphitrite, fyc. Sabella with ... The marine Sabella shells are composed chiefly of sand and the fragments of shells; ..."

2. Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday by Philip Henry Gosse (1856)
"... reflected Light—The Purple Sabella—Its Tube—Crown—Tubercles. August 9th. THE full-moon tides of this month have receded much farther than those of July, ..."

3. The Aquarian Naturalist: A Manual for the Sea-side by Thomas Rymer Jones (1858)
"Sabella. •' Thus He who makes and peoples worlds still works In secrecy, behind a veil of light: Yet through that hiding of his power such glimpses Of glory ..."

4. Elements of Entomology: Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, Henri Milne-Edwards, Achille Comté (1845)
"Sabella. CLASS OF ANNELIDA.4 The lowest class of articulated animals comprehends an extensive series of creatures generally grouped together under the ..."

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