polychaete worm

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• polychaete worm — noun chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles • Syn: ↑polychaete, ↑polychete, ↑polychete worm • Hypernyms: ↑annelid, ↑annelid worm, ↑segmented worm …   Useful english dictionary

• Polychaete — Taxobox fossil range = Cambrian (or earlier?) present name = Polychaetes image width = 250px image caption = A variety of marine worms : plate from Das Meer by M. J. Schleiden (1804–1881). regnum = Animalia phylum = Annelida classis = Polychaeta… …   Wikipedia

• worm — wormer, n. wormlike, wormish, adj. /werrm/, n. 1. Zool. any of numerous long, slender, soft bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids. 2.… …   Universalium

• polychaete — /pol i keet /, n. 1. any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles. adj. 2. Also, polychaetous. belonging or pertaining to the Polychaeta. [1885 90; < NL Polychaeta < Gk polychaítes having …   Universalium

• polychaete — [ pɒlɪki:t] noun Zoology a marine worm of the order Polychaeta; a bristle worm. Origin from mod. L. Polychaeta, from Gk polu many + khaitē mane …   English new terms dictionary

• polychaete — n. any aquatic annelid worm of the class Polychaeta, including lugworms and ragworms, having numerous bristles on the fleshy lobes of each body segment. Derivatives: polychaetan adj. polychaetous adj. * * * /pol i keet /, n. 1. any annelid of the …   Useful english dictionary

• polychaete —   a.,n. (pertaining to) marine worm.    ♦ polychaetous, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

• feather-duster worm — /fedh euhr dus teuhr/ any tube dwelling polychaete worm of the families Sabellidae and Serpulidae, the numerous species having a crown of feathery tentacles used in feeding and respiration. Also called fan worm, feather worm. * * * ▪ polychaete… …   Universalium

• Common clam worm — Taxobox name = Clam worm regnum = Animalia phylum = Annelida classis = Polychaeta ordo = Phyllodocida familia = Nereididae genus = Nereis species = N. succinea binomial = Nereis succinea binomial authority = (Frey Leuchart, 1847)The Common clam… …   Wikipedia

• annelid worm — noun worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally • Syn: ↑annelid, ↑segmented worm • Derivationally related forms: ↑annelid (for: ↑annelid) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• segmented worm — noun worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally • Syn: ↑annelid, ↑annelid worm • Derivationally related forms: ↑annelid (for: ↑annelid) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary