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OLIGOCHAETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oligochaete mean? 

OLIGOCHAETE (noun)
  The noun OLIGOCHAETE has 1 sense:

1. hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the bodyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OLIGOCHAETE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

oligochaete; oligochaete worm

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

annelid; annelid worm; segmented worm (worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oligochaete"):

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)

Holonyms ("oligochaete" is a member of...):

class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta (earthworms)


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