Polychaete Synonyms

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Chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. polychete
  2. polychaete worm
  3. polychete worm

Words Related to Polychaete

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. oligochaete
  2. amphipod
  3. hydroid
  4. bryozoan
  5. gastropod
  6. isopod
  7. diversicolor
  8. bryozoa
  9. crustacean
  10. serpula
  11. nereis
  12. polydora
  13. vermicularis
  14. mollusc

Polychaete Sentence Examples

  • Of these 6, the two first to be considered are very plainly separable and represent the extremes of Polychaete organization.

  • A further fact must be considered in deciding this question, which is the discovery of ramifying coelomic tubes, approaching close to, but not entering, the epidermis in the Polychaete Arenicola.

  • Cleavage leads to the formation of an epibolic gastrula and ciliated embryo which hatches as a free-swimming larva remarkably like that of a Polychaete worm (D).

  • The soft sediment infauna may include amphipods, polychaete worms, bivalves and echinoderms.

  • The majority of these 50 species are red algae, polychaete worms, crustaceans and mollusks.