Polychaeta
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polychaeta is a noun meaning Any annelid worm of the class Polychaeta.
Meaning
Any annelid worm of the class Polychaeta.
Example Sentences
The sediment type units used were: predominantly gravel (the most abundant sediment type around Punta León colony [34 ]), rocky, characterized by the presence of reefs (i.e. isolated small rocky outcrops that extend no longer that a few metres on a flat bottom [35 ]) and grasslike where more than 50% of the seabed was covered by structures such as polychaeta tubes and algae.
Word Forms
- polychaetas
- polychaetae
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polychete, polychaete, scaleworm, nectochaete, amphitrite, paralacydoniid.
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