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Definition of Class hirudinea
1. Noun. Hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids.
Group relationships: Annelida, Phylum Annelida
Member holonyms: Bloodsucker, Hirudinean, Leech, Family Hirudinidae, Hirudinidae
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class hirudinea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"(3) class hirudinea. — Marine, fresh-water, or terrestrial worms without setae
or parapodia. Anterior and posterior suckers are present. ..."
2. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"class hirudinea V. Phylum Echinodermata 1 (8). With a well-developed skeleton of
calcareous ossicles or plates; usually spiny; radial; no tentacles. ..."
3. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"EXERCISE 30b THE LEECHES PHYLUM ANNELIDA, class hirudinea A. Characteristics of
Annelida (Annulata). Worms belonging to the Phylum Annelida consist of a ..."
4. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"class hirudinea The Hirudinea, commonly known as leeches (Fig. 245)are annelids
having a sucking disk at one or at both ends. They are hermaphrodites and ..."
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