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Definition of Clitellum
1. Noun. (biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in which the eggs are deposited. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clitellum
1. a region in the body walls of certain annelids [n -TELLA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clitellum
Literary usage of Clitellum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"Length up to 30 cm., with about 180 segments; color purplish; clitellum on ...
Length up to 15 cm. with about 150 segments; color pink; clitellum on ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1891)
"At other times they have the male pores in the median region, or 1 A "complete"
clitellum signifies one in which the glandular substance is developed ..."
3. On the Anatomy of the Sutroa Rostrata: A New Annelid of the Family of by Gustavus A. Eisen (1888)
"clitellum yellowish. INTERNAL ANATOMY. Body-wall. The body-wall appears to me to
be of unusual thinness, throughout the length of the body. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1893)
"The clitellum stands out very clearly in the living form, being thick and cream
white in colour. Prostomium completely dovetailed ..."
5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1892)
"xiii. ; but there are no details given as to whether the clitellum was ...
The clitellum begins and ends sharp at the margins of the segments which it ..."
6. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1875)
"Male orifices distinct, in the ventral bristle rows ; bristles of the clitellum
modified for copulation and ornamented ; cephalic lobe prolonged in the ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"... where the male pores open behind the clitellum. Advancing knowledge has shown
this classification to be untenable, for two principal reasons : first, ..."
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