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Annelida

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[uh-nel-i-duh] / əˈnɛl ɪ də /

noun

  1. the phylum comprising the annelids.


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

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

This happens in many Annelida and in Amphioxus.

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

The loves "Of Queen Annelida and False Arcite" formed the subject of a short unfinished poem by Chaucer, which was afterwards worked up into The Knight's Tale.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

It is consciously and admittedly an attempt to apply Geoffroy's principle of the unity of plan and composition to the three great metameric groups, the Annelida, Arthropoda, and Vertebrata.

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

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

From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby