About The Word Vermetus
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Vermetus
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What's The Definition Of Vermetus?Synonyms | Synonyms for Vermetus: Related Terms | Find terms related to Vermetus: See Also | Vermetus In Webster's Dictionary \Ver*me"tus\, n. [NL., from L. vermis worm.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to
{Vermetus} and allied genera, of the family {Vermetid[ae]}.
Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in
life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often
irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.
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