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Polychaetes
Any of many annelid worms, of the class Polychaeta, such as the lugworm; they have a segmented body with pairs of bristles on each segment.
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Any of many annelid worms, of the class Polychaeta, such as the lugworm; they have a segmented body with pairs of bristles on each segment.
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| Word | Definition |
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| polychetenoun | Any of many annelid worms, of the class Polychaeta, such as the lugworm; they have a segmented body with pairs of bristles on each segment. |
| polychaete wormnoun | chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles |
| polychete wormnoun | chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles |
| nereidnoun | (figuratively) A youthful and pretty bather. |
| serpulidnoun | (zoology) Any of the family Serpulidae of annelid worms. |
| tubicolous | (zoology) Inhabiting a tube. |
| polychaetanoun | Any annelid worm of the class Polychaeta |
| polyzoanoun | marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids |
| polyplacophoranoun | small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass amphineura |
| oligochaetanoun | a subclass of soft-bodied animals in the phylum Annelida, which is made up of many types of aquatic and terrestrial worms, including all of the various earthworms. |
| protozoansnoun | (cytology) Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia. |
| phyllopodanoun | — |
| amphipodanoun | an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. |
| oligochaetenoun | Any of various hermaphroditic aquatic and terrestrial annelid worms, of the subclass Oligochaeta, that have single bristles along the body. |
| copepodanoun | minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans |
| platyhelminthesnoun | flatworms |
| invertebratesnoun | An animal without vertebrae (i.e., without a backbone). |
| cryptophytanoun | a phylum in the kingdom protoctista |
| brachiopodanoun | marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks |
| echinodermatanoun | radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers |
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