oligochaete worm

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   hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body

   Synonymsoligochaete

   Broaderannelid

   Narrowerearthworm

   Part ofOligochaeta

Questions about oligochaete worm

What does oligochaete worm mean?

oligochaete worm means "hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body".

What is another word for oligochaete worm?

Close synonyms include oligochaete. 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 oligochaete worm a common word?

oligochaete worm 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.