annelid

[ an-l-id ]

noun

1. any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the Annelida.

annelid

/ ˈænəlɪd; əˈnɛlɪdən /

noun

1. any worms of the phylum Annelida, in which the body is divided into segments both externally and internally. The group includes the earthworms, lugworm, ragworm, and leeches

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Annelida

annelid

/ ăn′ə-lĭd /

1. Any of various worms or wormlike animals of the phylum Annelida, characterized by an elongated, cylindrical body divided into ringlike segments. Most annelids have movable bristles called setae, and include earthworms, leeches, and polychetes (marine worms).

Derived Forms

• annelidan, nounadjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of annelid¹

First recorded in 1825–35; Annelida

Word History and Origins

Origin of annelid¹

C19: from New Latin Annelida, from French annelés, literally: the ringed ones, from Old French annel ring, from Latin ānellus, from ānulus ring

Example Sentences

Karen Osborn is a midwater invertebrate researcher and curator of annelids and peracarids—animals much more substantial and easier to collect than the midwater jellies—at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

From MIT Technology Review

It had several chapters, and from the sound of things was more autobiography than treatise on annelids.

From Time

This resemblance is of some interest, as bearing on a probable Annelid origin of Vertebrata.

From Project Gutenberg

Pinnixa cylindrica, a related species, lives in the tubes of large annelid worms as a commensal.

From Project Gutenberg

He isolated the first two blastomeres of the egg of Lanice, an Annelid.

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Two specimens of this beautifully brilliant orange annelid were taken on holdfasts.

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To form its skeleton the crab had only to thicken the cuticle already present in the annelid.

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