eˈranch(ē)ə, -ntēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of errant-, errans, present participle of errare to wander, err — more at err
in some classifications : a division of Polychaeta comprising free-swimming worms (as those of the genera Aphrodite, Nereis, and Polynoe ) usually with well-developed parapodia and sense organs and without special respiratory structures