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any of several large worms having a broad flattened body with a mat of coarse hairs covering the back

1. : a large broad marine polychaete worm of Aphrodite or a related genus having a thick coat of long slender hairlike setae

2.

a. dialect England : red-backed sandpiper

b. : harlequin duck

3. : a flattened sea urchin (suborder Spatangina) with relatively long spines; especially : one belonging to the genus Lovenia

any of several large, marine annelids of the genus Aphrodite and related genera, having a covering of long, fine, hairlike setae.

[1510-20]

sea mouse noun

An elliptical polychaete, Aphrodite aculeata, with coarse iridescent hairs and bristles along its sides

Main Entry: ↑sea

sea mouse,

any large polychaete sea worm of a group covered with long, fine, hairlike setae, that give it a mouselike appearance.

n. a large marine bristle-worm with a stout, oval body that bears matted, furlike, iridescent chaetae. ● Genus Aphrodite, class Polychaeta