Definitions for oligochaeteˈɒl ɪ goʊˌkit
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ol•i•go•chaeteˈɒl ɪ goʊˌkit(n.)
any of various annelids of the class Oligochaeta, including the earthworms, having no external sensory organs or appendages and relatively few locomotory bristles.
Category: Invertebrates
Origin of oligochaete:
1875–80; < NL Oligochaeta; see oligo -, chaeta
ol`i•go•chae′tous(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
oligochaete, oligochaete worm(noun)
hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body
Wiktionary
oligochaete(Noun)
any of various hermaphroditic aquatic and terrestrial annelid worms, of the class Oligochaeta, that have single bristles along the body
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