annelid
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English
Etymology
From French annélidé, coined by French naturalist Lamarck.
Noun
annelid (plural annelids)
- Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech.
- Synonyms: ringed worm, segmented worm
- 1990 April 1, Pete Dunne, “IN THE NATURAL STATE”, in The New York Times:
- Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution in the morning. Death by immersion in fishponds, death by cruel hooks.
- 2015 September 4, Kondethimmanahalli H. Chandramouli, Donald Reish, Huoming Zhang, Pei-Yuan Qian & Timothy Ravasi, “Proteomic Changes Associated with Successive Reproductive Periods in Male Polychaetous Neanthes arenaceodentata”, in Scientific Reports, :
- The polychaetous annelid species complex of Neanthes acuminata has a widespread distribution, with names depending on geographic location.
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Adjective
annelid (not comparable)
- of, or relating to these creatures