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Definition of Polychete
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 Polychete
1. Noun. Any of many annelid worms, of the class ''Polychaeta'', such as the lugworm; they have a segmented body with pairs of bristles on each segment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polychete
1. [n -S]
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Literary usage of Polychete
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1. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"... and in the pharyngeal muscle and ganglia of the polychete annelid, Aphrodite.
Similar pigments, having the same power of combining with oxygen and ..."
2. Individuality in Organisms by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"... annelids and one polychete. Susceptibility studies have been made upon the
eggs and embryonic or larval stages of the following forms: starfish, ..."
3. Individuality in Organisms by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"Susceptibility studies have been made upon the eggs and embryonic or larval stages
of the following forms: starfish, sea-urchin, the polychete annelids ..."
4. Senescence and Rejuvenescence by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"... eight species of turbellaria, the developmental stages of the sea-urchin and
starfish and of the polychete annelids Nereis and Chaetopterus, ..."
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