Definition of Oligochaetes

1. Noun. (plural of oligochaete) ¹

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Definition of Oligochaetes

1. oligochaete [n] - See also: oligochaete

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligochaetes

oligoamnios
oligoaniline
oligoanilines
oligoantigenic
oligoarginine
oligoarthritic
oligoarthritides
oligoarthritis
oligoarticular
oligoastrocytoma
oligocellular
oligocene
oligochaeta
oligochaete
oligochaete worm
oligochaetes (current term)
oligochaetologist
oligochaetologists
oligochete
oligochitosan
oligocholia
oligochylia
oligochymia
oligoclase
oligoclases
oligoclonal
oligoclonal band
oligocyclopropyl
oligocystic
oligodactyly

Literary usage of Oligochaetes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of by Richard J. Wenning (2005)
"(1998) found good relationships between laboratory-exposed oligochaetes g and ... However, concentrations of low- KoW PAHs in native oligochaetes were ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... as contrasted with leeches and oligochaetes. ... In the oligochaetes it is only the families ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"... which may either coexist in the genital segment with the nephridium (as in most ' terri- coline ' oligochaetes), or the nephridium . . . disappears from ..."

4. Syracuse University Publications: Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory (1908)
"... leech-like affinities in these forms, which are now generally agreed as being oligochaetes. The coelomic cavity is clearly defined and perfectly divided ..."

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