| NOUN | animal | nemertine, ribbon worm, nemertean, proboscis worm | soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract |
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| Meaning | Soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract. | |
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| Synonyms | ribbon worm, nemertean, proboscis worm | |
| Member of | Nemertea, phylum Nemertea, Nemertina, phylum Nemertina | proboscis worms |
| Broader | worm | Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla ... / phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes |
| Spanish | nemertean, nemertine, nemertino | |
| Catalan | nemertean, nemertí | |
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