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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 bristlesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


POLYCHETE (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 ("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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