POLYCHAETE


Meaning of POLYCHAETE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpä-lē-ˌkēt ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek polychaitēs having much hair, from poly- + chaitē long hair

Date: 1896

: any of a class (Polychaeta) of chiefly marine annelid worms (as clam worms) usually with paired segmental appendages, separate sexes, and a free-swimming trochophore larva

• polychaete adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.