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Oligochaete

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Noun

1. oligochaete, oligochaete worm

hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Oligochaete

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noun
1. 
any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Oligochaeta, having bristles (chaetae) borne singly along the length of the body: includes the earthworms
adjective
2. 
of, relating to, or belonging to the class Oligochaeta

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Oligochaete

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noun
any of a class (Oligochaeta) of annelid worms, as the earthworm, lacking a definite head and having relatively few body bristles: found chiefly in moist soil and fresh water

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Oligochaete

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n.
Any of various annelid worms of the class (or subclass) Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and aquatic species found chiefly in freshwater, which lack the appendages typical of polychaetes.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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