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Meaning of "serpulid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SERPULID

Latin, from serpula a little serpent.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SERPULID

serpulid  [ˈsɜːpjʊlɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERPULID

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Serpulid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SERPULID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

serpulid

Serpulidae

Serpulidae is a family of sessile, tube-building annelid worms in the class Polychaeta. The members of this family differ from the sabellid tube worms in that they have a specialized operculum that blocks the entrance of their tubes when they withdraw into the tubes. In addition, serpulids secrete tubes of calcium carbonate. Serpulids are most important biomineralizers among annelids. There are about 300 known species in the Serpulidae family, all but one of which live in saline waters. The earliest serpulids are known from the Middle Triassic. The blood of most species of serpulid and sabellid worms contains the oxygen-binding pigment chlorocruorin. This is used to transport oxygen to the tissues. It has an affinity for carbon monoxide which is 570 times as strong as that of the haemoglobin found in human blood. Empty serpulid shells can sometimes be confused with the shells of a family of marine gastropod mollusks, the Vermetidae or worm snails. The most obvious difference is that serpulid shells are dull inside, whereas the molluscan vermetid shells are shiny inside.

Definition of serpulid in the English dictionary

The definition of serpulid in the dictionary is a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SERPULID


bellied
ˈbelɪd
bullied
ˈbʊlɪd
calid
ˈkælɪd
comatulid
kəˈmætjʊlɪd
Euclid
ˈjuːklɪd
eyelid
ˈaɪˌlɪd
halid
ˈhælɪd
jellied
ˈdʒɛlɪd
lid
lɪd
olid
ˈɒlɪd
pot-bellied
ˌpɒtˈbɛlɪd
rallied
ˈrælɪd
rock-solid
ˌrɒkˈsɒlɪd
semisolid
ˌsɛmɪˈsɒlɪd
sipunculid
saɪˈpʌŋkjʊlɪd
slid
slɪd
solid
ˈsɒlɪd
stolid
ˈstɒlɪd
trombiculid
trɒmˈbɪkjʊlɪd
valid
ˈvælɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SERPULID

serpentiform
serpentine
serpentinely
serpentinic
serpentiningly
serpentinise
serpentinite
serpentinize
serpentinous
Serpentis
serpentise
serpentize
serpentlike
serpentry
serpiginous
serpiginously
serpigo
SERPS
serpula
serpulite

WORDS THAT END LIKE SERPULID

annelid
backslid
callid
camelid
chrysalid
felid
flip one´s lid
gelid
glid
invalid
mustelid
Ozalid
pallid
pan lid
psyllid
screw lid
semi-invalid
squalid
third eyelid
Valladolid

Synonyms and antonyms of serpulid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «serpulid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SERPULID

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Translator English - Chinese

serpulid
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

serpulid
570 millions of speakers

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serpulid
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Translator English - Hindi

serpulid
380 millions of speakers
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serpulid
280 millions of speakers

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serpulid
278 millions of speakers

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serpulid
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Translator English - Bengali

serpulid
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Translator English - French

serpulidés
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Translator English - Malay

Serpulid
190 millions of speakers

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Serpulid
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Translator English - Japanese

serpulid
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Translator English - Korean

serpulid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serpulid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

serpulid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

serpulid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्पिल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

serpulid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serpulid
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wieloszczetami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

serpulid
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

serpulid
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

serpulid
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

serpulid
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

serpulid
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

serpulid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of serpulid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SERPULID»

The term «serpulid» is used very little and occupies the 174.157 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SERPULID» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERPULID»

Discover the use of serpulid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to serpulid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas
Described as patch reefs and reef fields (Andrews 1 964) scattered in various localities around the Baffin Bay system (fig. 6.4), the reefs are composed of the calcareous tubes of serpulid polychaete worms. Although some serpulid polychaetes, ...
John Wesley Tunnell, Frank W. Judd, 2002
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New Records & Descriptions of Upper Cretaceous & Eocene ...
In 1875 Conrad described from Upper Cretaceous beds in North Carolina that are now placed in the Snow Hill Member of the Black Creek Formation, tubes of a Serpulid worm which he assigned to a new genus and species that he called ...
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Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks: Analysis, Interpretation and ...
Worm Tubes 541 well as serpulid 'colonies' which attribute in the construction of ' reef' structures. Many serpulids are characterized by a microstructure consisting of two layers which in longitudinal sections show an outer cone-in- cone pattern ...
Erik Flügel, 2010
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Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis
1.101 F). One of the most common polychaetes found in Australia is the endemic serpulid Galeolaria caespitosa (Fig. 1.1 01 A, E). It is found along the entire southern part of the continent (and Tasmania) from Perth (Western Australia) to North ...
Pamela L. Beesley, Graham J. B. Ross, Christopher J. Glasby, 2000
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Dixon, D. R. 1981: Reproductive biology of the serpulid Ficopomatus (Mercierella ) enigmaticus in the Thames Estuary, S.E. England. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 61: 805-815. Dromgoole, F. I.; Foster, B. A. 1983: ...
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The Ecology of the Serpulid Worms: Pomatoceros Lamarckii ...
Aspects of the ecology of the serpulid tube worms, Pomatoceros lamarckii (Quatrefages) and P. triqueter (L.) were studies in Cork, south-west Ireland.
Elizabeth Cotter, 2003
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A Color Guide to the Petrography of Carbonate Rocks: Grains, ...
Up. Pliocene Greta Fm., northern Canterbury, New Zealand A close-up of encrusting serpulid worm tubes showing two distinctly different wall layers: an inner, lighter-colored, parallel-laminated (foliated) zone, and an outer, darker, more ...
Peter A. Scholle, Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle, 2003
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Annelids in Modern Biology
11.6 11.7 SABELLARID AND SERPULID REEFS Reefs are constructed by colonies of polychaetes (Gosner 1978) that live in individual tubes made from cemented sand grains (sabellarids) or calcareous secretions (serpulids). Worms attach ...
Daniel H. Shain, 2009
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Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Invertebrates
Bull MarSci 17:257–267 Munro Fox H (1938) Function of the tube in sabellid worms. Nature 141:163 Neff JM (1971a) Ultrastructural studies of the secretion of calcium carbonate by the serpulid polychaete worm, Pomatoceros caeruleus.
Hermann Ehrlich, 2010
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Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists
The mean log number of serpulid recruits for each of the four biofilm treatments from Keough & Raimondi (l995) were (see also Figure 8.3) as follows. A series of planned comparisons were done, each testing a hypothesis about the nature of ...
Gerald Peter Quinn, Michael J. Keough, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SERPULID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term serpulid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Melissa's voyage: Looking for active vent sites near Galapágos
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Ocean Exploration Trust An extinct hydrothermal vent site, indicated by the lack of cloudy water and the dead mussels and serpulid ... «Ventura County Star, Jun 15»
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Good call on a chilly opportunity
These structures are the crumbling outcroppings of prehistoric serpulid worm deposits. Several miss-hits followed our immediate success, which is unusual for ... «Corpus Christi Caller Times, Jan 15»
3
Study to use Google data search analytics to understand marine …
... connectivity is to marine species such as protected cold-water corals and other reef-forming species such as flame shells, horse mussels and serpulid worms. «Phys.Org, Nov 14»
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Marine Animal Thought to be Extinct for 4 Million Years Found Alive
Coexistence of symbiotic hydroids (Protulophila) on serpulids and bryozoans in a cryptic habitat at Chrtníky (lower Turonian, Czech Republic). Bulletin of ... «Sci-News.com, Jun 14»
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Geology Students Present at National Conference
Emilyn Gjertsen '16: Poster presentation, "Extracting a paleoenvironmental record of mid-Holocene climate from a Dominican Republic carbonate serpulid tube ... «Washington and Lee University News Office, Apr 14»
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Drawing trilobites, and the life of Midwestern coral reefs
The central stalk wound up like a screw, with sheets of bryozoans sticking out -- like a christmas tree or a serpulid worm (also called a christmas tree worm). «Scientific American, Jul 13»
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Three bays provide best bet for anglers
And the very real threat to boats posed by the bay's scattering of submerged "rocks" - mostly reef-like clumps of the calcified tubes of ancient marine serpulid ... «Houston Chronicle, Mar 13»
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People Issue 2012: Janet Voight, the diver
Some of these octopuses were hanging off a serpulid tube with one arm and reaching into this haze of amphipods with the others and, like, taking a big sweep ... «Chicago Reader, Dec 12»
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Drilling Into the History of Tube Worms
And, as researchers Jordi Martinell, Michal Kowalewski, and Rosa Domènech found out when they surveyed the fossilized tubes of prehistoric serpulid worms, ... «Wired News, Apr 12»
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In Evolution's Race, Horseshoe Crabs Took a Slower Pace
... crab after it died, and, in the words of the researchers, “The mould of the exterior of the cuticle is replicated entirely by a tangled mass of serpulid worm tubes. «Wired News, Nov 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Serpulid [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/serpulid>. Apr 2024 ».
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