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Definition of Segmented worm
1. Noun. Worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally.
Generic synonyms: Worm
Group relationships: Annelida, Phylum Annelida
Specialized synonyms: Archiannelid, Oligochaete, Oligochaete Worm, Polychaete, Polychaete Worm, Polychete, Polychete Worm, Bloodsucker, Hirudinean, Leech
Derivative terms: Annelid
Definition of Segmented worm
1. Noun. An annelid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Segmented Worm
Literary usage of Segmented worm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"The sandworm, used for bait along our eastern coast, is a segmented worm which lives
... The common leech or bloodsucker is a flattened segmented worm, ..."
2. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"The common leech or bloodsucker is a flattened segmented worm, inhabiting
fresh-water ponds and rivers. The adult is provided with two sucking disks, ..."
3. Applied Biology: An Elementary Textbook and Laboratory Guide by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow, Anna Nieglieh Bigelow (1911)
"Figure 111 shows the main stages in another segmented worm which has such a stage.
... One other segmented worm deserves more than the brief attention which ..."
4. Applied Biology: An Elementary Textbook and Laboratory Guide by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow, Anna Nieglieh Bigelow (1911)
"Figure 111 shows the main stages in another segmented worm which has such a stage.
... One other segmented worm deserves more than the brief attention which ..."
5. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"The larva becomes a segmented worm by the hinder end of the larva growing out
and dividing into segments (fig. 278). ..."
6. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"The larva becomes a segmented worm by the hinder end of the larva growing out
and dividing into segments (fig. 278). ..."
7. Elements of Biology: A Practical Text-book Correlating Botany, Zoology, and by George William Hunter (1907)
"The sandworm, used for bait along our eastern coast, is a segmented worm which
lives between tide marks in sandy localities. It is plainly segmented, ..."
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