恐怖虫

恐怖蟲

kǒngbùchóng

noun

Measure Word

一只恐怖虫 zhī

Meanings

1 Hallucigenia (Cambrian fossil worm)
2 'terror worm' (popular science nickname)

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Examples

HSK 6

恐怖虫生活在五亿多年前的寒武纪海洋。

Kǒngbùchóng shēnghuó zài wǔyì duō nián qián de Hánwǔjì hǎiyáng.

Hallucigenia lived in the Cambrian ocean more than 500 million years ago.

HSK 6

恐怖虫背上有一排尖刺。

Kǒngbùchóng bèishàng yǒu yī pái jiāncì.

Hallucigenia had a row of sharp spikes on its back.

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history

恐怖虫 is a popular-science nickname for Hallucigenia, the bizarre Cambrian creature from the Burgess Shale. When first reconstructed in 1977 it was drawn upside-down walking on its spikes; the correct orientation wasn't worked out until the 1990s.

Stroke Order

恐 kǒng

怖 bù

虫 chóng