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Definition of Palolo

Palolo
Palolo Pa*lo"lo, n., or Palolo worm Palolo worm . [From native name.] A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands. A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives. An allied species inhabits the tropical Atlantic and swarms in June or July.

Meaning of Palolo from wikipedia

- Palolo may refer to: Palolo, Hawaii, a valley and neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii Palolo worm, a species of invertebrate that lives in tropical coral...
- Pālolo is the name of a valley, stream, and residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, the United States. The area lies approximately four miles east...
- Palola viridis, (or Eunice viridis) commonly known as the palolo worm, Samoan palolo worm, balolo, wawo, or nyale, is a Polychaeta species from the waters...
- António Palolo (Évora, 1946 — Lisboa, 2000) was a Portuguese artist and painter. Palolo held his first one-person exhibition in 1964 at 111 Gallery, Lisbon...
- edible palolo worms m**** on the beaches. These events occur at the last quarter of the lunar month, as the reproductive cycle of the palolos is synchronized...
- born in Palolo Valley, Hawaii in December 1919. His first experiences in retail began while working in his parents’ grocery store in Palolo. In 1949...
- consisted of wetlands which were fed by streams running from the Makiki, Palolo, and Manoa valleys to the sea. In the early 1900s, Lucius Pinkham, then...
- Crater, fronting Pauoa Valley. Pālolo and Kaimukī are neighborhoods east of Mānoa and Makiki, inland from Diamond Head. Pālolo Valley parallels Mānoa and...
- Mānoa Falls and runs through the valley before joining the Palolo Stream to form the Mānoa-Palolo drainage canal, which flows into the Ala Wai Canal. Floods...
- council of Vatia to make the Pola Island area a public park. The dredge Palolo was hired from Upolu in January 1966 in order to dredge sand for Utulei...