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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) oligochaete
any of various annelids of the class Oligochaeta, including the earthworms, having no external sensory organs or appendages and relatively few locomotory bristles.

Etymology: (1875–80; < NL Oligochaeta; see oligo -, chaeta)

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1. (noun) oligochaete, oligochaete worm
hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body

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