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Definition of Oligochaetes
1. oligochaete [n] - See also: oligochaete
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligochaetes
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 ..."