oligochaete

English

Alternative forms

• oligochete

Noun

oligochaete (plural oligochaetes)

1. Any of various hermaphroditic aquatic and terrestrial annelid worms, of the subclass Oligochaeta, that have single bristles along the body.

Related terms

• oligochaetologist
• oligochaetotic
• oligochaetous

Translations

worm of the class Oligochaeta

• Finnish: harvasukasmato
• Portuguese: oligoqueta m
• Spanish: oligoqueto m