sabelloid

sabelloid
adjective or noun

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sabelloid, a. and n. Zool.
(səˈbɛlɔɪd)
[f. sabella + -oid.]
a. adj. Of or resembling the annelidan Sabellidæ (Cent. Dict. 1891). b. n. One of the Sabellidæ (ibid.).

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