ANNELIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Annelida mean? 

• ANNELIDA (noun)
  The noun ANNELIDA has 1 sense:

1. segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches

  Familiarity information: ANNELIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANNELIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Annelida; phylum Annelida

Hypernyms ("Annelida" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Annelida"):

annelid; annelid worm; segmented worm (worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally)

Archiannelida; class Archiannelida (a class of Annelida)

class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta (earthworms)

class Polychaeta; Polychaeta (marine annelid worms)

class Hirudinea; Hirudinea (hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids)

Holonyms ("Annelida" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)