POLYCHAETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polychaete mean? 

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

1. chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYCHAETE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

polychaete; polychaete worm; polychete; polychete worm

Hypernyms ("polychaete" 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 "polychaete"):

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

sea mouse (any of several large worms having a broad flattened body with a mat of coarse hairs covering the back)

bloodworm (a segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait)

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

class Polychaeta; Polychaeta (marine annelid worms)