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noun
Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scale-like elytra along the back
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: scale worm
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An operation by which something is scaled back or reduced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: scaledown
Antonyms: none provided
History
From scale + back.
Deverbal from scale back.
