Definition of Segmented worm

1. Noun. Worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally.

Exact synonyms: Annelid, Annelid Worm
Generic synonyms: Worm
Group relationships: Annelida, Phylum Annelida
Specialized synonyms: Archiannelid, Oligochaete, Oligochaete Worm, Polychaete, Polychaete Worm, Polychete, Polychete Worm, Bloodsucker, Hirudinean, Leech
Derivative terms: Annelid

Definition of Segmented worm

1. Noun. An annelid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Segmented Worm

segmentally
segmentary
segmentation
segmentation cavity
segmentation clock
segmentation fault
segmentation gene
segmentations
segmentectomies
segmentectomy
segmented
segmented cell
segmented leukocyte
segmented neutrophil
segmented worm
segmented worms
segmenter
segmenting
segmenting body
segments
segments of liver
segments of spinal cord
segments of spleen
segmentum
segmentum anterius
segmentum anterius inferius
segmentum anterius superius
segmentum apicale
segmentum apicoposterius

Literary usage of Segmented worm

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

1. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"The sandworm, used for bait along our eastern coast, is a segmented worm which lives ... The common leech or bloodsucker is a flattened segmented worm, ..."

2. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"The common leech or bloodsucker is a flattened segmented worm, inhabiting fresh-water ponds and rivers. The adult is provided with two sucking disks, ..."

3. Applied Biology: An Elementary Textbook and Laboratory Guide by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow, Anna Nieglieh Bigelow (1911)
"Figure 111 shows the main stages in another segmented worm which has such a stage. ... One other segmented worm deserves more than the brief attention which ..."

4. Applied Biology: An Elementary Textbook and Laboratory Guide by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow, Anna Nieglieh Bigelow (1911)
"Figure 111 shows the main stages in another segmented worm which has such a stage. ... One other segmented worm deserves more than the brief attention which ..."

5. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"The larva becomes a segmented worm by the hinder end of the larva growing out and dividing into segments (fig. 278). ..."

6. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"The larva becomes a segmented worm by the hinder end of the larva growing out and dividing into segments (fig. 278). ..."

7. Elements of Biology: A Practical Text-book Correlating Botany, Zoology, and by George William Hunter (1907)
"The sandworm, used for bait along our eastern coast, is a segmented worm which lives between tide marks in sandy localities. It is plainly segmented, ..."

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