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OLIGOCHAETE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body

Synonyms:

oligochaete; oligochaete worm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("oligochaete" is a kind of...):

annelid; annelid worm; segmented worm (worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oligochaete"):

angleworm; crawler; dew worm; earthworm; fishing worm; fishworm; nightcrawler; nightwalker; red worm; wiggler (terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers)

Holonyms ("oligochaete" is a member of...):

class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta (earthworms)

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