Oligochaeta

Meaning of Oligochaeta

plural noun

a class of annelid worms which includes the earthworms. They have simple setae projecting from each segment and a small head lacking sensory appendages.

modern Latin (plural), from oligo- ‘few’ + Greek khaitē ‘long hair’ (taken to mean ‘bristle’), because they have fewer setae than polychaetes.

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Hyphenation of Oligochaeta

Oligochaeta

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Words that rhyme with Oligochaeta

Gaeta, Achaeta, Chaeta, Eremochaeta, Polychaeta, Pyrenochaeta, Spirochaeta, ammochaeta, chaeta, macrochaeta, microchaeta, oligochaeta, polychaeta, spirochaeta, laeta

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