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CLASS OLIGOCHAETA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Oligochaeta mean? 

CLASS OLIGOCHAETA (noun)
  The noun CLASS OLIGOCHAETA has 1 sense:

1. earthwormsplay

  Familiarity information: CLASS OLIGOCHAETA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLASS OLIGOCHAETA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Earthworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta

Hypernyms ("class Oligochaeta" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Oligochaeta"):

oligochaete; oligochaete worm (hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body)

angleworm; crawler; dew worm; earthworm; fishing worm; fishworm; nightcrawler; nightwalker; red worm; wiggler (terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers)

Branchiobdellidae; family Branchiobdellidae (small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches)

Holonyms ("class Oligochaeta" is a member of...):

Annelida; phylum Annelida (segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches)


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