POLYCHAETE


Meaning of POLYCHAETE in English

[poly.chaete] n [ultim. fr. Gk polychaites having much hair, fr. poly- + chaite long hair] (1896): any of a class (Polychaeta) of chiefly marine annelid worms (as clam worms) usu. with paired segmental appendages, separate sexes, and a free-swimming trochophore larva -- polychaete adj

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