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Definition of Polychaete
1. Noun. Chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles.
Generic synonyms: Annelid, Annelid Worm, Segmented Worm
Group relationships: Class Polychaeta, Polychaeta
Specialized synonyms: Lobworm, Lug, Lugworm, Sea Mouse, Bloodworm
Definition of Polychaete
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of polychete) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polychaete
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polychaete
Literary usage of Polychaete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1900)
"As Conklin has shown, the cross of Crepidula arises mostly from the cells
corresponding to the so-called "intermediate girdle cells" of the polychaete, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Of these 6, the two first to be considered are very plainly separable and represent
the extremes of polychaete organization, ..."
3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"... and, as he says, forces the conclusion that the excretory organs of Amphioxus
are essentially identical with the nephridia of certain polychaete worms. ..."
4. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Volumetric analysis showed copepods to comprise the bulk of the food (65 percent),
followed by polychaete larvae ( 15 percent) and euphausiids (14 percent). ..."
5. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1902)
"consider a large division of the animal kingdom, which presents many analogies
with the polychaete worms—the phylum Arthropoda, or, as some prefer to call ..."
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