English > annelid: 2 senses > noun 1, animalMeaning | worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally. |
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Synonyms | annelid worm, segmented worm |
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Member of | Annelida, phylum Annelida | segmented worms |
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Narrower | archiannelid | small primitive marine worm lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae |
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leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
oligochaete, oligochaete worm | hermaphroditic terrestrial / terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body |
polychaete, polychete, polychaete worm, polychete worm | chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles |
Broader | worm | Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla ... / phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes |
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Spanish | anélido, anélidos, annelida |
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Catalan | anèl·lid |
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Adjectives | annelid | relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida |
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