annulose

American  

[an-yuh-lohs] / ˈæn yəˌloʊs /

adjective

1. furnished with or composed of rings.

   annulose animals.

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annulose British  

/ -ˌləʊz, ˈænjʊˌləʊs /

adjective

1. (of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented

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Etymology

Origin of annulose

From the New Latin word annulōsus, dating back to 1820–30. See annulus, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Zō′nal, like a zone, arranged in zones: pertaining to the somites of an articulate or annulose animal; Zō′nary, resembling a belt or girdle; Zō′nate, marked with zones, belted; Zoned, wearing a zone, having zones; Zone′less, wanting a zone or belt.—n.

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Ringed, surrounded as with a ring, annulose, annulate: wearing a wedding-ring.—ns.

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Such examples, however, might be multiplied ad infinitum; and I will not therefore devote further space to the bringing together of facts which it is hardly possible will be disputed,—especially as it has been my wish, in the present chapter, merely to enumerate what the organs and characters principally are which are more peculiarly sensitive to change, throughout the Annulose tribes.

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It yet remains for us to suggest, that the latter, when carried to its maximum, so as to cause the actual separation by the sea of one district from another, is a contingency of immense significance in regulating the distribution of the Annulose tribes.

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Such are the primary facts which suggest themselves, whilst discussing the question of isolation as regulating the distribution of the Annulose tribes.

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