Definition of Clitella

1. clitellum [n] - See also: clitellum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clitella

cliqueless
cliques
cliquey
cliquier
cliquiest
cliquiness
cliquing
cliquish
cliquishly
cliquishness
cliquishnesses
cliquism
cliquisms
cliquy
clitella (current term)
clitelli
clitellum
clitellus
cliterati
clithral
clithridiate
clithrophobia
clitic
cliticisation
cliticization
cliticizations
cliticize
cliticized
cliticizes

Literary usage of Clitella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"These are filled when copulation takes place, during which process the two worms are said to be bound together by a tough secretion of their clitella. ..."

2. Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1826)
"94. but not oxen ; hence clitella BOVI SUNT IM POSITS, when a task is imposed on one, which he is unfit for, ..."

3. History of Prose Fiction by John Colin Dunlop, Henry Wilson (1888)
"... who sold his wine half mixed with water, miraculously loses the half of his gains. 6th of 8th. Is merely an expansion of the clitella, ..."

4. History of Prose Fiction by John Colin Dunlop (1906)
"... who sold his wine half mixed with water, miraculously loses the half of his gains. 6th of 8th. Is merely an expansion of the clitella, ..."

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