First Known Use: 1861
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nemertean
noun ne·mer·te·an \ni-ˈmər-tē-ən\
Definition of NEMERTEAN
: any of a phylum (Nemertea syn. Rhynchocoela) of often vividly colored usually long dorsoventrally flattened marine worms that typically burrow in the mud or sand along seacoasts —called also ribbon worm
— nem·er·tine \ˈne-mər-ˌtīn\ adjective or noun
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Origin of NEMERTEAN
ultimately from Greek Nēmertēs Nemertes, one of the Nereids
Rhymes with NEMERTEAN
Aeschylean, Anacreon, apogean, Aramaean, Atlantean, Caribbean, Cerberean, cyclopean, Damoclean, empyrean, European, Galilean, Hasmonaean, Herculean, Idumaean, Ituraean, Jacobean, kallikrein, Maccabean, Manichaean, Mycenaean, nepenthean, panacean, perigean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, Tacitean, Tennessean, Typhoean
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