annelid

English

Etymology

From French annélidé, coined by French naturalist Lamarck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænələd/, /ˈænəlɪd/

Noun

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annelid

Wikipedia

annelid (plural annelids)

1. Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech.

   Synonyms: ringed worm, segmented worm

   • 1990 April 1, Pete Dunne, “IN THE NATURAL STATE”, in The New York Times‎:

     Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution in the morning. Death by immersion in fishponds, death by cruel hooks.

   • 2015 September 4, Kondethimmanahalli H. Chandramouli, Donald Reish, Huoming Zhang, Pei-Yuan Qian & Timothy Ravasi, “Proteomic Changes Associated with Successive Reproductive Periods in Male Polychaetous Neanthes arenaceodentata”, in Scientific Reports, →DOI:

     The polychaetous annelid species complex of Neanthes acuminata has a widespread distribution, with names depending on geographic location.

Derived terms

• annelidan
• annelidous
• annepressin
• annetocin

Translations

annelid

Catalan: anèl·lid m Chinese: Mandarin: 環節動物 / 环节动物 (zh) (huánjiédòngwù) Czech: kroužkovec m Danish: ledorm c Esperanto: anelido Finnish: nivelmato (fi) French: annélide (fr) m, annélidé m Galician: anélido (gl) m German: Ringelwurm m; Anneliden pl (in plural) Greek: δακτυλοειδής σκώληκας m (daktyloeidís skólikas) Hindi: वलयिन ? (valyin) Hungarian: gyűrűsféreg (hu) Ido: anelido (io) Irish: anailid f Italian: anellide (it) m Japanese: 環形動物 (ja) (kankei-dōbutsu), 環節動物 (ja) (kansetsu-dōbutsu) Polish: pierścienica f Portuguese: anelídeo (pt) m Russian: аннели́д m (annelíd), ко́льчатый червь (ru) m (kólʹčatyj červʹ) Slovene: kolobarnik m, anelid m Spanish: anélido m Swedish: ringmask c Tagalog: ugnaykatwan

Adjective

annelid (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to these creatures

Anagrams

• Nieland, lindane