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adjectiverelating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida
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nounworms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
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- worm any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- peripatus any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
- chaeta a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm
- velvet worm any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
- family branchiobdellidae small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches
- parapodium one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
- polychaete worm chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
- archiannelida a class of Annelida
- class hirudinea hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids
- hirudinea hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids