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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 body
Familiarity information: OLIGOCHAETE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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