Polychaete Definition

pŏlĭ-kēt
polychaetes
noun
polychaetes
Any of a class (Polychaeta) of mostly marine, annelid worms, having on most segments a pair of fleshy, leglike appendages bearing numerous bristles.
Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of polychete.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • polychete worm
  • polychaete worm
  • polychete

Other Word Forms of Polychaete

Noun

Singular:
polychaete
Plural:
polychaetes

Origin of Polychaete

  • New Latin Polychaeta class name from Greek polukhaitēs with much hair polu- poly- khaitē long hair

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Polychaete Sentence Examples

  • Of these 6, the two first to be considered are very plainly separable and represent the extremes of Polychaete organization.

  • A further fact must be considered in deciding this question, which is the discovery of ramifying coelomic tubes, approaching close to, but not entering, the epidermis in the Polychaete Arenicola.

  • Cleavage leads to the formation of an epibolic gastrula and ciliated embryo which hatches as a free-swimming larva remarkably like that of a Polychaete worm (D).

  • The soft sediment infauna may include amphipods, polychaete worms, bivalves and echinoderms.

  • The majority of these 50 species are red algae, polychaete worms, crustaceans and mollusks.

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