the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > family Lumbricidae > member of (earthworm) > band encircling body (2)
The raised band encircling the body of earth-worms towards the middle.
The Latin word for ‘girdle, belt’, occasionally used as a technical term for. The clitellum or band of higher-coloured rings in the body of…