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polychaete
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun polychaete has 1 sense
- polychaete(n = noun.animal) polychaete worm, polychete, polychete worm - chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles; Array is a kind of annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm
is a member of class polychaeta, polychaeta
has particulars: lobworm, lug, lugworm, sea mouse, bloodworm
OXFORD 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.
Derivative
polychaetan adj. polychaetous adj.
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