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palolo (iou)



palolo noun. Pl. -os. L19.
[Samoan or Tongan.]
In full palolo worm. Any of various marine polychaete worms of the families Eunicidae and Nereidae which reproduce by breaking in half at the same time each year, the tail portion rising to the surface to release eggs and sperm; spec. the worm Palola siciliensis (P. viridis, Eunice viridis), of reefs of the S. Pacific.