perichaetous

English

Etymology

perichaetium +‎ -ous.

Adjective

perichaetous (comparative more perichaetous, superlative most perichaetous)

1. (zoology) Surrounded by setae; said of certain earthworms (genus Perichaeta).

See also

• Amynthas
• Amynthas carnosus

References

• Megascolecidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Megascolecidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Megascolecidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “perichaetous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)