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Definition of 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
Medical Definition of Oligochaeta
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligochaeta
Literary usage of Oligochaeta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"241, includes the worms which form the subject of the present chapter—the
oligochaeta, as they were originally called by Grube, on account of the fewness of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"They arc small to moderate- si/ed oligochaeta, with a smaller number of segments
than in ... Moderate-sized to very large oligochaeta, terrestrial in habit, ..."
3. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The Common Fresh-Water oligochaeta of the United States. Trans. Amer. Micr. ...
Hirudinea and oligochaeta Collected in the Great Lakes Region. Bull. Bur. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In these points the oligochaeta agree with the Hirudinea. ... It has been
ascertained that the nephridia of oligochaeta arc preceded in the embryo by a pair ..."
5. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1906)
"Lugano and some other Swiss localities, list of oligochaeta collected near,
BRETSCHER (50). Sarno river, Italy, oligochaeta, PIERANTONI (353). ..."
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