Definition of Archiannelid

1. Noun. Small primitive marine worm lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae.

Generic synonyms: Annelid, Annelid Worm, Segmented Worm
Group relationships: Archiannelida, Class Archiannelida

Definition of Archiannelid

1. Noun. (zoology) Any member of the Archiannelida. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archiannelid

archetypal
archetypally
archetype
archetyped
archetypes
archetypical
archetypically
archetyping
archeus
archfiend
archfiends
archfoe
archfoes
archform
archi-
archiannelid (current term)
archiannelida
archiannelids
archiater
archiblastula
archical
archicarp
archicarps
archicembalo
archicerebellum
archicortex
archidiaconal
archidiaconate
archiepiscopacies
archiepiscopacy

Literary usage of Archiannelid

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

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"It is possible that this " archiannelid " accomplishes the act of fertilization in the same manner as the pluri-penial ..."

2. Studies from the Morphological Laboratory in the University of Cambridge by University of Cambridge Morphological laboratory, Adam Sedgwick, Francis Maitland Balfour (1886)
"... a form in which the only archiannelid character which is not developed is the epithelial and segmented character of the body cavity. ..."

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