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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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabella
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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