megascolecid

English

Etymology

From Megascolex + -id.

Noun

megascolecid (plural megascolecids)

1. (zoology) Any earthworm of the family Megascolecidae.
   • 1975, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Zoology, volume 26, page 205:

     Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae.