annelid

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.