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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Echiura_in_Korea1.jpg/220px-Echiura_in_Korea1.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Urechiscaupo_%28cropped_and_mirrored%29.jpg/220px-Urechiscaupo_%28cropped_and_mirrored%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]- (catfish): From its apocryphal ability to enter the penis.
- (worm): From its appearance resembling a human penis.
Noun
[edit]penis fish (plural penis fishes or penis fish)
- A candiru, a parasitic catfish of the genus Vandellia, alleged to be able to enter the human urethra.
- Any of certain species of Urechis worm, including:
- Urechis caupo, a North American spoon worm.
- Urechis unicinctus, an East Asian spoon worm.
Synonyms
[edit]- (worm): innkeeper worm
- (Urechis caupo): fat innkeeper worm
- (Urechis unicinctus): fat innkeeper worm
Hypernyms
[edit]- (worm): Urechis (spoon worm)