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Definition of Class oligochaeta
1. Noun. Earthworms.
Group relationships: Annelida, Phylum Annelida
Member holonyms: Oligochaete, Oligochaete Worm, Angleworm, Crawler, Dew Worm, Earthworm, Fishing Worm, Fishworm, Nightcrawler, Nightwalker, Red Worm, Wiggler, Branchiobdellidae, Family Branchiobdellidae
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class oligochaeta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"One sub-class (Polychaeta) confined to the sea save for rare types in fresh-water
bodies near the ocean; the other sub-class (Oligochaeta) found mostly in ..."
2. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"Descriptive Part Lumbricus terrestris is an earthworm equally common in Europe
and the United States and a typical representative of the class oligochaeta. ..."
3. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"The earthworms, together with a number of allied freshwater forms, constitute
the sub-class Oligochaeta of the ..."
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