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Annelid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various worms or wormlike animals of the phylum Annelida, characterized by an elongated, cylindrical, segmented body and including the earthworm and leech.

adj. Of or belonging to the phylum Annelida.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech

adj. of, or relating to these creatures

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to the Annelida.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One of the Annelida or Annelides. Also anneloid.

Of or pertaining to the Annelida or Annelides. Also annelidan, annelidian.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally

adj. relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida

Word Usage

"Instead, the current best guess is that it is a mass of annelid worms, probably Tubifex."

Equivalent

annelidan

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

worm

Hyponym

polychete worm oligochaete worm leech polychaete worm oligochaete polychete bloodsucker hirudinean polychaete archiannelid

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