oligochaete

  • 91dero — ˈde(ˌ)rō noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin : a genus of small aquatic oligochaete worms (family Naididae) having an expanded anal hood from which project two pairs of cylindrical ciliated gills …

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  • 92enchytraeidae — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈtrēəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Enchytraeus, type genus + idae : a family of oligochaete worms including the genus Enchytraeus …

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  • 93limnodrilus — limˈnädrələs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from limn + Late Greek drilos leech : a common genus of the family Tubificidae comprising aquatic oligochaete worms of the eastern United States …

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  • 94lumbricina — ˌləmbrəˈsīnə, sēnə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Lumbricus + ina in former classifications : a division of oligochaete worms approximately equal to Neoligochaeta …

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  • 95lumbricine — ˈləmbrəˌsēn, sə̇n adjective Etymology: New Latin Lumbricina : having an arrangement of setae resembling that in Lumbricus used of an oligochaete worm that has eight bristles per segment usually arranged in pairs; compare perichaetine …

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  • 96lumbricomorpha — ˌləmbrəkəˈmȯrfə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from lumbrico (from Lumbricus) + morpha in former classifications : a division of oligochaete worms approximately equal to Neoligochaeta …

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  • 97lumbriculidae — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkyüləˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Lumbriculus, type genus (from Latin lumbricus earthworm + New Latin ulus) + idae : a family of small usually reddish aquatic oligochaete worms somewhat resembling the… …

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  • 98naididae — nāˈidəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Naid , Nais, type genus + idae : a family of small aquatic oligochaete worms that commonly reproduce by vegetative transverse segmentation and form chains of worms in various… …

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  • 99oligochaetology — ˌälə̇gōkēˈtäləjē, əˌligəkēˈ noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin Oligochaeta + English o + logy : a branch of zoology that deals with the oligochaete worms …

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  • 100snowworm — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several oligochaete worms of the family Enchytraeidae found living in or on snow …

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