Annelida

[ uh-nel-i-duh ]

noun

1. the phylum comprising the annelids.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Annelida¹

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

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

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The chief feature in which Peripatus was supposed to differ from normal Arthropoda and Annelida, viz.

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The leech is a fresh-water parasitic invertebrate belonging to the Phylum Annelida.

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The highest type among Annelida is found in the Chtopoda; from them, therefore, the original arthropod type must have sprung.

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Some of the Annelida, as Filaria and Lumbricus, he also regarded as insects.

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