OLIGOCHAETA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oligochaeta mean? 

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

1. earthworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLIGOCHAETA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Earthworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta

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

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

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Oligochaeta" is a member of...):

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