annulose
furnished with or composed of rings: annulose animals.
Origin of annulose
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How to use annulose in a sentence
For if the annulose animals have been formed by aggregation, we ought to find this process much less perfect in the oldest form.
On the Genesis of Species | St. George MivartThat division of annulose animals in which there are no articulated appendages.
The Ancient Life History of the Earth | Henry Alleyne NicholsonA lower type of annulose or ringed animal than that of the Trilobites, is that of the worms.
The Story of the Earth and Man | J. W. Dawson
British Dictionary definitions for annulose
/ (ˈænjʊˌləʊs, -ˌləʊz) /
(of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented
Origin of annulose
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