NEOLIGOCHAETA


Meaning of NEOLIGOCHAETA in English

(|)nē+ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ne- + Oligochaeta

in some classifications : a division of Oligochaeta comprising relatively large complex chiefly terrestrial worms that ordinarily reproduce only by sexual means (as those of the genera Lumbricus, Allolobophora, and Megascolex ) — compare earthworm , megadrili , terricolae

• ne·oligochaete “+ adjective or noun

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