Definition of Scolecid

1. a worm [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scolecid

scogs
scoinson
scoinson arch
scoinsons
scoke
scold
scolded
scolder
scolders
scolding
scoldingly
scoldings
scolds
scoleces
scoleciasis
scolecid (current term)
scolecida
scolecids
scoleciform
scolecite
scolecites
scolecoid
scolecology
scolecomorpha
scolex
scolexes
scolia
scolices
scolie
scolies

Literary usage of Scolecid

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

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"Ko scolecid has a definitely segmented body, or bilaterally disposed successive pairs of appendages, nor has it a longitudinal clain of ganglia. ..."

2. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1897)
"The sexes are separated, while our scolecid ancestors were probably hermaphrodite.145 From a branch of the Soft-worms, the group of Chorda- animals ..."

3. An Introduction to the Classification of Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1869)
"... or scolecid, has a definitely segmented body or bilaterally disposed successive pairs of appendages. None of these animals has a longitudinal chain of ..."

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