slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering
praya
Noun
colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long
parasitic worm
Noun
worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes
phragmocone
Noun
the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
phragmacone
Noun
the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
pinworm
Noun
small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
poriferan
Noun
primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework
platyhelminth
Noun
parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
parazoan
Noun
primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework
planarian
Noun
free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms
planaria
Noun
free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms
planula
Noun
the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
polyp
Noun
one of two forms that coelenterates such as hydra or corals take: usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
polyp
Noun
a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
physa
Noun
any member of the genus Physa
polychaete
Noun
chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
polychete
Noun
chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
polychaete worm
Noun
chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
polychete worm
Noun
chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
polyplacophore
Noun
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
periwinkle
Noun
edible marine gastropod
periwinkle
Noun
small edible marine snail
periwinkle
Noun
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
periwinkle
Noun
chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
pearl oyster
Noun
tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America
pea crab
Noun
tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
pistol shrimp
Noun
small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae
pearly-shelled mussel
Noun
the pearly lining of the dark shells is a source of mother-of-pearl
prawn
Noun
shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers
prawn
Noun
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
prawn
Verb
fish for prawns
piddock
Noun
marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
pill bug
Noun
small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball
pearly nautilus
Noun
cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
paper nautilus
Noun
cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
purple gallinule
Noun
gallinules with showy purplish plumage
policeman bird
Noun
large mostly white Australian stork
peripatus
Noun
any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
plover
Noun
any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings
piping plover
Noun
small plover of eastern North America
phalarope
Noun
small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers
parasitic jaeger
Noun
a variety of jaeger
pratincole
Noun
Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs
plain turkey
Noun
popular Australian game bird
pectoral sandpiper
Noun
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
plain wanderer
Noun
small Australian bird related to the button quail
pewit gull
Noun
small black-headed European gull
pelagic bird
Noun
bird of the open seas
procellariiform seabird
Noun
large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas
piked whale
Noun
small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific