oligochaete

2 definitions found

oligochaete - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  oligochaete \oligochaete\ n.
     Any of an order of hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic
     annelids (including the earthworms) having bristles borne
     singly along the length of the body; a member of the
     Oligochaeta.
  
     Syn: oligochaete worm.
          [WordNet 1.5]

oligochaete - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  oligochaete
      n 1: hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having
           bristles borne singly along the length of the body [syn:
           oligochaete, oligochaete worm]