annelid

1. 1.

   worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally

   Synonymsannelid wormsegmented worm

   Broaderworm

   Narrowerarchiannelidoligochaetepolychaeteleech

   Part ofAnnelida

1. 1.

   relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida

   Synonymsannelidan

   zoology

Other forms of annelid

plural

annelids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about annelid

What does annelid mean?

annelid means "worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in annelid?

annelid has 3 syllables: an-ne-lid. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈænəlɪd/.

What is another word for annelid?

Close synonyms include annelid worm, segmented worm, annelidan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is annelid a common word?

annelid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.