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Webster Dictionary
Serpulanoun
any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts
Etymology: [L., a little snake. See Serpent.]
Wikidata
Serpula
Serpula is a genus of sessile, marine annelid tube worms that belongs to the Serpulidae family. Serpulid worms are very similar to tube worms of the closely related sabellid family, except that the former possess a cartilaginous operculum that occludes the entrance to their protective tube after the animal has withdrawn into it. The most distinctive feature of worms of the Serpula genus is their colorful fan-shaped "crown". The crown, used by these animals for respiration and alimentation, is the structure that is most commonly seen by scuba divers and other casual observers.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Serpula
ser′pū-la, n. a genus of sedentary Chætopod worms, living in twisted calcareous tubes fastened to shells and rocks in the sea, or even to other animals, such as crabs.—adj. Serpū′lian.—n. Ser′pulite, a fossil of the family Serpulidæ.—adjs. Serpulit′ic, Ser′puloid. [L. serpĕre, to creep.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of serpula in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of serpula in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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