Annelida

American  

[uh-nel-i-duh] / əˈnɛl ɪ də /

noun

1. the phylum comprising the annelids.

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Etymology

Origin of Annelida

1825–35; < New Latin, equivalent to annel- (< French annelés literally, ringed ones, plural past participle of anneler to ring, derivative of Old French an ( n ) el ring < Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus ring, anus ) + -ida -id ²

Example Sentences

Approximately 16,500 species have been described in phylum Annelida.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Annelida, an-el′i-da, n. a class of animals comprising the red-blooded worms, having a long body composed of numerous rings.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Minor, W. C., gemmation and fission in the Annelida, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

The main assumption was that the neural or blastoporal surface must be homologous throughout the Metazoa, though it was dorsal in the Chordata, ventral in the Annelida and Arthropoda.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

For this reason, among others, it has been held by some zoologists that the mouth of the Vertebrata is not homologous with the mouth of such groups as the Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various