Definition of "priapulid" []

• Any small marine worm of the phylum Priapulida. (noun)

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• "Does the force that makes a functional eye also explain why the world houses more than five hundred thousand species of beetles and fewer than fifty species of priapulid worms?"
• "For example, the little-studied priapulid worms (aka "penis worms") have only 16 species on the books, but with a very large range in size."
• "While they may look like nematodes, nematomorphs have a much simpler reproductive system, are free-living throughout their adult life, and have larvae that look like little priapulid worms."