serpula

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Synonyms: serrula

Antonyms: serrula

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Noun

1. Any of numerous [[species]] of [[tubicolous]] [[annelid]]s of the [[genus]] ''[[Serpula]]'' and allied genera of the [[family]] {{taxfmt|Serpulidae|family}} that secrete a calcareous tube, usually irregularly contorted, but sometimes spirally coiled, with a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an [[operculum]] to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.

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