oligochaeta
Meaning of oligochaeta
plural noun
a class of annelid worms which includes the earthworms. They have simple setae projecting from each segment and a small head lacking sensory appendages.
modern Latin (plural), from oligo- ‘few’ + Greek khaitē ‘long hair’ (taken to mean ‘bristle’), because they have fewer setae than polychaetes.
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Hyphenation of oligochaeta
oligochaeta
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Words that rhyme with oligochaeta
Gaeta, Achaeta, Chaeta, Eremochaeta, Oligochaeta, Polychaeta, Pyrenochaeta, Spirochaeta, ammochaeta, chaeta, macrochaeta, microchaeta, polychaeta, spirochaeta, laeta
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