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Definition of Terebella
1. Noun. Type genus of Terebellidae; tube-forming marine polychete worms with many filamentous tentacles.
Generic synonyms: Worm Genus
Group relationships: Family Terebellidae, Terebellidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terebella
Literary usage of Terebella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... and other tube- making creatures have taken up their residence in so well
protected a spot. Terebella CONCHILEGA. ..."
2. The Aquarian Naturalist: A Manual for the Sea-side by Thomas Rymer Jones (1858)
"Terebella LITTORALIS, S€U ARENARIA—THE SAND MASON. ... Here is the dwelling of
the Terebella, an edifice constructed by itself. If the finder endeavours to ..."
3. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1821)
"These animals are only found in salt water. snd order. Animal a terebella, with
two calcareous hemispherical valves before, and two lanceolate ones behind; ..."
4. Animal and Vegetable Physiology: Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by Peter Mark Roget (1836)
"Others, as the Sabella and the Terebella, accomplish the same object by collecting
grains ... 134 shows this rude architecture in the Terebella conchilega. ..."
5. General Outline of the Organisation of the Animal Kingdom by Thomas Rymer Jones (1855)
"They consist, in Terebella nebulosa, of hollow, flattened, tubular filaments,
furnished with strong muscular parietes. Each of these hollow baud-like ..."