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oligochæte, -chete, a., n.|ˈɒlɪgəʊkiːt|
[f. mod.L. Oligochæta, f. oligo- + Gr. χαίτη mane, taken in sense ‘bristle’.]
a. adj. Belonging to the Oligochæta, one of the divisions of the Chætopoda (see chætopod), including the earthworms and lugworms; so called from the small number of their bristly foot-stumps or parapodia.
b. n. A worm of this order or division.
1876tr. Beneden's Anim. Parasites 47 An oligochete worm, Hemidasys agaso, from the Gulf of Naples. 1896Naturalist 77 Omission of..the embryology of oligochæts.
Hence oligochætous |-ˈkiːtəs| a.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iv. 192 Albertia is an entoparasite, and Balatro an ectoparasite, upon oligochaetous Annelids. 1889Athenæum 16 Nov. 678/3 On the anatomy of an oligochætous worm of the genus Dero. |