Annelida

American  

[uh-nel-i-duh] / əˈnɛl ɪ də /

noun

1. the phylum comprising the annelids.

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Etymology

Origin of Annelida

1825–35; < New Latin, equivalent to annel- (< French annelés literally, ringed ones, plural past participle of anneler to ring, derivative of Old French an ( n ) el ring < Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus ring, anus ) + -ida -id ²

Example Sentences

Approximately 16,500 species have been described in phylum Annelida.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

For this reason, among others, it has been held by some zoologists that the mouth of the Vertebrata is not homologous with the mouth of such groups as the Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

It is consciously and admittedly an attempt to apply Geoffroy's principle of the unity of plan and composition to the three great metameric groups, the Annelida, Arthropoda, and Vertebrata.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

We owe to him the foundation and definition of the classes of Infusoria, Annelida, Arachnida, and Crustacea, the two latter groups being separated from the insects.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

Minor, W. C., gemmation and fission in the Annelida, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles