‖ sipunculus Zool.
(saɪˈpʌŋkjʊləs)
Pl. -culi.
[L. sīpunculus, var. of sīphunculus siphunculus.]
A gephyrean annelid with a retractile proboscis, belonging to the typical genus of the family Sipunculidæ.
| 1841 Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 252, I have represented the Sipunculus alive in a Periwinkle shell. Ibid. 255 It is very probable that several other minute Sipunculi inhabit the British seas. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. v. 247 A larval Sipunculus about 1/12 of an inch long. |