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PRONUNCIATION OF FAN WORM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAN WORM

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Fan worm is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FAN WORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fan worm

Sabellida

Sabellida is an order of annelid worms in the class Polychaeta. They are filter feeders with no buccal organ. The prostomium is fused with the peristomium and bears a ring of feathery feeding tentacles. They live in parchment-like tubes made of particles from their environment such as sand and shell fragments cemented together with mucus. Members of the suborder include the feather duster worms and serpulid worms. Among the species are the giant feather duster worm, the peacock worm, the European fan worm and the Christmas tree worm.

Definition of fan worm in the English dictionary

The definition of fan worm in the dictionary is any tube-dwelling polychaete worm of the family Sabellidae, having long tentacles that spread into a fan when the worm emerges from its tube.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAN WORM

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FAN WORM

acorn worm
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bristle worm
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Guinea worm
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Synonyms and antonyms of fan worm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fan worm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAN WORM

Find out the translation of fan worm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fan worm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fan worm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

风扇蠕虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fan gusano
570 millions of speakers

English

fan worm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रशंसक कीड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مروحة دودة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вентилятор червь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fã verme
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাখি কীট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ventilateur ver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacing penggemar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fan -Wurm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ファンのワーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팬 웜
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penggemar cacing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fan hâm mộ sâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரசிகர் புழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंख्याचा जंत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fan solucanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ventilatore verme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

robak wentylatora
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вентилятор черв´як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ventilator vierme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεμιστήρα σκουλήκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fan wurm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fläkt mask
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fan orm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fan worm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAN WORM»

The term «fan worm» is used very little and occupies the 188.558 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAN WORM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fan worm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAN WORM»

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Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas: A Beachcomber's ...
Tube Worms (Parchment, Sand-builder, and Fan) Parchment Tube and Sand- builder Worms Fan Worm RELATIVES: Parchment tube worms (family Chaetopteridae) are not closely related to sand-builder (Sabellariidae) and fan ( Serpulidae) ...
Blair Witherington, Dawn Witherington, 2011
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Life in the Chesapeake Bay
Attached to the base of the plant are clusters of sea squirts and the hard white cases of the limy tube worm, Hydroides dianthus (to 3 inches), and the mud- encrusted cases of the fan worm, Sabella micropthalma (to 1% inches).
Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, 2006
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Peterson First Guide to Seashores
FAN WORM From less than xli to 8 in. Like fringed worms. there are several common and similar species of fan worms. all of which live in leathery tubes covered with mud and sand. Some fan worms are quite tiny; others can grow to 8 inches.
John C. Kricher, Roger Tory Peterson, 1998
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Nematodes, Leeches, and Other Worms
Worm heads Worms have a huge variety of head ends, from the fragile tentacles of a fan worm to the tough-nosed burrowing front end of the earthworm. The head end also holds the sensors for touch, chemicals, and light in the form of simple ...
‎2006
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Metal Ions in Biological Systems: Volume 31: Vanadium and ...
Volume 31: Vanadium and its Role for Life Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel. FIG. 1. Lateral view of P. occelata. This fan worm has a trunk body (TB) and a branchial crown (BC) which is composed of many bipinnate radioles. The fan worm constructs ...
Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, 1995
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
acanthocephalan acorn worm annelid arrow worm ascarid bamboo worm beard worm bladder worm blood fluke bloodworm bootlace worm brandling bristle worm catworm chaetognath dungworm earthworm eelworm eye worm fan worm ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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The Primacy of Movement
fact, it is reasonable to assume that the several minutes that elapse before a fan worm reappears, and its great caution and very slow movement in reappearing, are all variable according to the variability of the circumstances themselves.
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, 2011
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The Professor's Daughter: A Fictional Memoir
commonly called a fan worm. They belong to the same family as earthworms, but they have long feeding tentacles resembling pedaled flowers.” I picked up one of the pictures from my desk and handed it to Athena. “They look enormous,” she ...
‎2010
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Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of ...
The Northern Pacific seastar is now recognized globally as a significant pest capable of causing great damage to the marine environment, aquaculture, and commercial and recreational fisheries.29 4.5.3 European fan worm The European or ...
David Pimentel, Ph.D., 2002
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Biology: The Dynamic Science
Parapodium Setae C. Proceraea cornuta setae Everted pharynx Antenna Palp ( food-handling appendage) Tentacle Eyes Chemical-sensing organs FIGURE 29.29 Polychaeta. (A) The tube-dwelling fan worm has mucus-covered tentacles that ...
Peter Russell, Paul Hertz, Beverly McMillan, 2011

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAN WORM»

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Care urged after recent fan worm finds in Coromandel Harbour
The fan. CSIRO. A colony of the marine pest species Sabella spallanzanii (fan worm). The fan worm has been found in Coromandel Harbour. «Waikato Times, Jun 15»
2
Room to improve environment
The marine environment faced several threats, most crucially the incursion over the past year of the Mediterranean fan worm, which had been ... «New Zealand Herald, Apr 15»
3
our Big Blue Backyard
Negatives include an invasive species of Mediterranean fan worm which is really starting to cause problems in Northland. How did you decide ... «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 14»
4
Hovercraft to mow mangroves
increased surveillance and advocacy efforts to prevent the spread of unwanted marine pests such as the Mediterranean fan worm and clubbed ... «SunLive, Jul 14»
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Aquatic pest found at Pilot Bay
Wake up Mr Murray its more than likely the fan worm arrived on or in a ship or hadn't you noticed the ships arriving here from all points of the ... «SunLive, Sep 13»
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Fears of spreading biosecurity threat
Marine services bosses fear a local presence of Mediterranean fan worm will jeopardise the industry, the local economy and the ecology. «New Zealand Herald, Mar 13»
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Reef faces invasive species hazard
We've had a fan worm in Cairns as well. "If we go to Hawaii, there's quite a few examples of introduced species that have caused impacts." ... «ABC Online, Nov 11»
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Piscine Polychaete Predators
Unfortunately, for fan worm fanciers, some fish that are introduced to reef tanks irritate or feed on these invertebrates. For example ... «FishChannel.com, Oct 11»
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Hundreds of New Australian Reef Species Discovered
Sabellid or fan worm. Photo: Gary Cranitch, Queensland Museum, 2008. i-bf11634f7a09f95d3179a889df41afd0-pohls sea urchin.jpg «ScienceBlogs, Sep 08»

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