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POLYCHETE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polychete mean?
• POLYCHETE (noun)
The noun POLYCHETE has 1 sense:
1. chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
Familiarity information: POLYCHETE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("polychete" 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 "polychete"):
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 ("polychete" is a member of...):
class Polychaeta; Polychaeta (marine annelid worms)
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