annélide

Definitions of annélide
  1. noun
    worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
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    types:
    oligochètes
    hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body
    sangsue
    carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
    ver
    terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
    type of:
    asticot, ver
    any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
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