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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope