palolon.

Brit.

/pəˈləʊləʊ/, U.S.

/pəˈloʊloʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Samoan. Etymon: Samoan palolo.

Etymology: < Samoan palolo.

Any of various marine polychaete worms of the families Eunicidae and Nereidae which swarm once or twice a year, usually at night, and reproduce by breaking in half, the tail portion rising to the surface to release eggs and sperm; spec. the worm Palola viridis of reefs of the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa, which is collected when it swarms and used for food. More fully palolo worm.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Polychaeta > suborder Nereidiformia > member of family Nereidae

sea-forty-legs1750

Nereid1774

nereidean1835

palolo1847

sea-centipede1858

nereidian1860

ragworm1865

rag1881

1844 C. Wilkes Narr. U.S. Exploring Exped. III. 96 The men..feast upon the balolo, a curious species of salt-water worm, which makes its appearance at this season, for one day.]

1847 J. Gray in Proc. Zool. Soc. 15 17 (title) An account of Palolo, sea worm eaten in the Navigator Islands.

1854 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 57 145 The Palolo is to be found at a very few places, not more than three or four in all the great extent of reef surrounding this island.

1895 Edinb. Rev. July 102 The palolo worm, greatly esteemed as an article of food by the Pacific islanders.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. viii. 158 Many of the ringed worms of the sea live in the crevices of the coral reefs, and two or three different kinds give rise to what is called a swarm of palolo.

1968 Listener 25 Jan. 103/3 The palolo worm, an inhabitant of the Pacific Ocean, regularly spawns on the last day but one of the Moon's last quarter in October or November.

1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xi. 549/2 The West Indian palolo, Eunice schemacephala, lives in habitats similar to those of the Samoan palolo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	palolo
释义	palolon. Brit. /pəˈləʊləʊ/, U.S. /pəˈloʊloʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Samoan. Etymon: Samoan palolo. Etymology: < Samoan palolo. Any of various marine polychaete worms of the families Eunicidae and Nereidae which swarm once or twice a year, usually at night, and reproduce by breaking in half, the tail portion rising to the surface to release eggs and sperm; spec. the worm Palola viridis of reefs of the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa, which is collected when it swarms and used for food. More fully palolo worm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Polychaeta > suborder Nereidiformia > member of family Nereidae sea-forty-legs1750 Nereid1774 nereidean1835 palolo1847 sea-centipede1858 nereidian1860 ragworm1865 rag1881 1844 C. Wilkes Narr. U.S. Exploring Exped. III. 96 The men..feast upon the balolo, a curious species of salt-water worm, which makes its appearance at this season, for one day.] 1847 J. Gray in Proc. Zool. Soc. 15 17 (title) An account of Palolo, sea worm eaten in the Navigator Islands. 1854 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 57 145 The Palolo is to be found at a very few places, not more than three or four in all the great extent of reef surrounding this island. 1895 Edinb. Rev. July 102 The palolo worm, greatly esteemed as an article of food by the Pacific islanders. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. viii. 158 Many of the ringed worms of the sea live in the crevices of the coral reefs, and two or three different kinds give rise to what is called a swarm of palolo. 1968 Listener 25 Jan. 103/3 The palolo worm, an inhabitant of the Pacific Ocean, regularly spawns on the last day but one of the Moon's last quarter in October or November. 1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xi. 549/2 The West Indian palolo, Eunice schemacephala, lives in habitats similar to those of the Samoan palolo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1847
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