worm-body

Updated: May 2, 2025

Then he swore softly, and, beside him, Kerim sucked in her breath. The screen showed the janandra in violent but apparently purposeful motion inside the lock ... and it was also apparent now that it was a more complexly constructed creature than the long worm-body and heavy head had indicated. The skin, to a distance of some eight feet back of the head, had spread out into a wide, flexible frill.

James H. Schmitz - The Winds of Time