Associations to the word «Nemertean»

Wiktionary

NEMERTEAN, noun. Any of several unsegmented, brightly-coloured worms, of the phylum Nemertea; the ribbon worms

Dictionary definition

NEMERTEAN, noun. Soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne