恐怖虫

恐怖蟲

kǒngbùchóng

noun

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一只恐怖虫 zhī

Meanings

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

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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.

恐怖虫背上有一排尖刺。

Kǒngbùchóng bèi shàng yǒu yī pái jiānchì.

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.

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恐 kǒng

怖 bù

虫 chóng