səˈbelə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin sabulum sand + New Latin -ella — more at sand
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Sabellidae) of tube-dwelling marine polychaete worms with the prostomial palps modified into semicircular plumose gills
2. -s : any worm of the genus Sabella
• sa·bel·li·form -ləˌfȯrm adjective
• sabel·loid səˈbeˌlȯid, ˈsabəˌl- adjective or noun