ˌterəˈbelə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from diminutive of Latin terebra borer, gimlet — more at terebra
: a genus of tube-forming marine polychaete worms with horseshoe-shaped preoral lobe, many filamentous tentacles, several pairs of segmental gills, and reduced parapodia that is type of a family Terebellidae of nearly cosmopolitan distribution
• ter·e·bel·lid | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷lə̇d adjective or noun
• ter·e·bel·loid -ˌlȯid adjective or noun