POLYCHAETA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polychaeta mean? 

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

1. marine annelid worms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYCHAETA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine annelid worms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Polychaeta; Polychaeta

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Polychaeta"):

polychaete; polychaete worm; polychete; polychete worm (chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles)

lobworm; lug; lugworm (marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait)

family Terebellidae; Terebellidae (marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies)

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

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