NOUN | animal | polychaete worm, polychaete, polychete, polychete worm | chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles |
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Meaning | chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles. | |
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Synonyms | polychaete, polychete, polychete worm | |
Member of | Polychaeta, class Polychaeta | marine annelid worms |
Narrower | bloodworm | A segmented marine worm with bright red body |
lugworm, lug, lobworm | marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back | |
sea mouse | Any of several large worms having a broad flattened body with a mat of coarse hairs covering the back | |
Broader | annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm | worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally |
Spanish | poliqueto, polychaeta | |
Catalan | poliquet |
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