/kluy tel"euhm/ , n. , pl. clitella /-tel"euh/ .
a ring or saddle-shaped region of glandular tissue in the body wall of certain annelids, as earthworms and some leeches, that after copulation secretes a cocoon in which the eggs and sperm are deposited for fertilization and development.
[ 1830-40; clitellae packsaddle ]