annelidianadj.
/anəˈlɪdɪən/, U.S. /ˌænəˈlɪdiən/ Zoology (now rare).
= annelid adj.
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1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 205/1 The author regards them [sc. Cirripeds]..as Annelidian crustacea.
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 937 The morphology of the excretory organs is thus readily perceived to indicate the Annelidian rather than the Vertebrate relationships of Amphioxus.
1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) II. 942 According to Dr. Rohon, however, all ‘Conodonts’ are not annelidian, but include undoubted teeth of fishes.
2001 H. S. Bhamrah & K. Juneja Introd. Arthropoda (ed. 2) iv. 142 None of the earlier adult crustacean [sic] shows a nauplius like form but rather a multisegmented form of the annelidian type.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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