Meaning | chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles. |
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Synonyms | polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete worm |
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Member of | Polychaeta, class Polychaeta | marine annelid worms |
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Narrower | bloodworm | A segmented marine worm with bright red body |
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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 |
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Spanish | poliqueto, polychaeta |
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Catalan | poliquet |
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