palaeoscolecid

English

Noun

palaeoscolecid (plural palaeoscolecids)

1. An extinct ecdysozoan worm of the class Palaeoscolecid.
   • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 254:

     The holes do not pass deeply – palaeoscolecids are horizontal burrowers.