polychaete

(päl′i kēt′)

noun

any of a class (Polychaeta) of mostly marine, annelid worms, having on most segments a pair of fleshy, leglike appendages bearing numerous bristles

Origin: < ModL Polychaeta < Gr polychaitēs, with much hair < poly-, poly- + chaitē, hair

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