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Meaning of "palolo worm" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PALOLO WORM

Palolo, from Samoan or Tongan.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PALOLO WORM

pəˈləʊləʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALOLO WORM

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Palolo worm is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PALOLO WORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Palolo worm

The palolo worm or Samoan palolo worm is a species of invertebrate in the Eunicidae family. They live in tropical coral reefs. Adults are about 12 inches long, and they resemble spaghetti when viewed underwater.

Definition of palolo worm in the English dictionary

The definition of palolo worm in the dictionary is any of several polychaete worms of the family Eunicidae, esp Eunice viridis, of the S Pacific Ocean: reproductive segments are shed from the posterior end of the body when breeding.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALOLO WORM

Barolo · bolo · cholo · criollo · Djailolo · Gilolo · guanazolo · Jilolo · kolo · modulo · paolo · polo · regulo · rotolo · shongololo · solo · songololo · tapacolo

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALOLO WORM

palmitic · palmitic acid · palmitin · palmlike · palmtop · palmtop computer · palmy · palmyra · Palo Alto · palo cortado · Palomar · palomino · palooka · Palos · paloverde · palp · palpability · palpable · palpableness · palpably

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALOLO WORM

acorn worm · African army worm · army worm · bladder worm · bristle worm · caddis worm · fall army worm · fan worm · Guinea worm · horsehair worm · measuring worm · mopani worm · nematode worm · palmer worm · ribbon worm · stomach worm · tongue worm · tube worm · vinegar worm · white worm · worm

Synonyms and antonyms of palolo worm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «palolo worm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALOLO WORM

Find out the translation of palolo worm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of palolo 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 «palolo worm» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

palolo虫
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

palolo gusano
570 millions of speakers
en

English

palolo worm
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

palolo कीड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

palolo دودة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Палолем червь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

palolo verme
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পল্লী কৃমি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

palolo ver
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cacing palolo
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

palolo Wurm
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

パロロワーム
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

palolo 웜
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Paloma wolf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

palolo sâu
80 millions of speakers
ta

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பரோலோ புழு
75 millions of speakers
mr

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राजवाडा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Palole solucanı
70 millions of speakers
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Palolo verme
65 millions of speakers
pl

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palolo robak
50 millions of speakers
uk

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Палолем черв´як
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

palolo vierme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Palolo σκουλήκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

palolo wurm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Palolo mask
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Palolo orm
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALOLO WORM»

Discover the use of palolo worm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to palolo worm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Introduction to Marine Biology
The palolo worm, Palolo viridis, an errant polychaete found in the waters of the South Pacific around the islands ofSamoa, reproduces in October or November during the last-quarter moon. The palolo worms luminesce when they reach the ...
George Karleskint, Richard Turner, James Small, 2012
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Earth-Moon Relationships
The luminous intensity of the moonlight at the 3rd quarter is appropriate for a positive emergence response from ripe reproductive stolons (as described by Clark and Hess 1940, for the Atlantic palolo worm). Furthermore, when the 3rd quarter ...
Cesare Barbieri, Francesca Rampazzi, 2001
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Sensuous Seas: Tales of a Marine Biologist
B. Samoan palolo worm, Eunice viridis, in non-reproductive state. Up to 12inches long, the thread-like animal spends its life in tubes in coral rubble on outer reef, emerging only to release its epitoke. C. Female Caribbean bioluminescent ...
Eugene H. Kaplan, 2006
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Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology
A good and well-known example of the second type of lunar periodicity, operating once a month only, is the swarming Of the Palolo worm, Eunice viridis ( Gray). The natives of Samoa and the Fiji islands have known since time immemorial that ...
Joel W. Iledgpeth and Harry S. Ladd, 1957
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The Samoa Islands: Material Culture
Notes on the Edible Palolo Worm Lysidiceviridis Gray. Appendix to Kramer's The Structure of the Coral Reef p. 164-174. Vide infra. 1 2. B. Friedlander, Concerning the Socalled Palolo Worm. Biol Centr. Journ., Vol. XXVIII, p. 337-357, I 898.
Augustin Krämer, 1994
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Sexual Behaviour In Animals
Lunar Rhythmicities The Adantic palolo worm, Leodice focata, the Pacific palolo worm, Eunice uiridis, and the fish known as the grunion, Leuresthes tennis, breed annually at certain phases of the moon with almost unbelievably accurate ...
A. Sarkar, 2003
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Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management
The most spectacular example of a brief synchronized spawning event is in fact displayed in a tropical animal, the palolo worm. These polychaete worms (Eunice ) live burrowed in the coral, and during one night of each year, release their ...
Michael King, 2013
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An Introduction to Zoology
The palolo worm of the South Pacific occupies rock and coral crevices below the low-tide mark, but just at Figure10.12 Atoke Epitoke The Samoan Palolo Worm ( Eunice viridis). The epitoke region is packed with gametes, and each segment is  ...
Joseph Springer, Dennis Holley, 2012
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The Living Clock : The Orchestrator of Biological Rhythms: ...
On the other hand, premature death does correlate meaningfully with cigarette smoking. Here is an example of a daily, a monthly, and an annual rhythm, all wrapped together and displayed in a single species, the Samoan Palolo worm.
Amherst (Emeritus) John D. Palmer Professor of Biology University of Massachusetts, 2002
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Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu ...
Amorous parties for adolescents in the Trobriand Islands were once arranged on an evening of a feast day in Milamala, the Palolo worm or All Souls Moon in which the marine worm, Leodice viridir, Class Polychaetae, Phylum annelida, ...
R. F. Fortune, 2013

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALOLO WORM»

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Forget about hot new flies. Presentation is the key to catching more …
But whether you're throwing a palolo worm fly to an ocean-swimming Keys tarpon or dead-drifting a caddis pupa nymph to bottom-dwelling ... «Bangor Daily News, May 15»
2
Where to Fish for Tarpon
... where they'll gorge on an unusual, matchstick-size critter, the palolo worm, which appears around the full and new moons of May. Meanwhile ... «Florida Sportsman Magazine, Mar 14»
3
Worm Swarm in Southeast Florida
“I've heard rumors for a while that there was a worm hatch here just like the Keys—a palolo worm I think it's called. Figured if it was true, this jig ... «Florida Sportsman Magazine, Sep 11»
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Tarpon, Man, Tarpon
The only time I've really seen tarpon eat “everything” was during the palolo worm hatch, which occurs throughout the Florida Keys in late spring. It's a difficult ... «Fly Rod & Reel Magazine, Jul 11»
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Samoa Worm Sperm Spawns Annual Fiesta
What's a palolo worm? Any of more than a dozen species of segmented coral worm that shares certain distinguishing characteristics. In the ... «National Geographic, Oct 04»
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