(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:46:48

Pa*lo"la (?), n. [Fr. the native name.] Zool.

An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pacific Islands, where it is collected for food.

 

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