anneloidadj.n.
/ˈanl̩ɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈænəˌlɔɪd/ Zoology.† B. n.
A. adj.
Designating a group of invertebrates thought to be related to or resemble segmented worms of the phylum Annelida; of or relating to this group. In later use occasionally more generally: wormlike. Now rare.
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1852 Athenæum 10 Jan. 55/2 He placed them [sc. the Rotifera] in a group called Anneloid, which embraced the Annelida, Echinodermata and Trematoda.
1879 Rec. Geol. Surv. India 12 110 In the strong limestones of the mountain I found no fossils in situ, but fallen fragments contained anneloid tracks, oysters,..and a few sections of impacted little bivalves.
1963 J. Hadzi Evol. Metazoa iii. 270 Both these groups had a common ancestral form which as an already segmented animal had necessarily been anneloid.
1990 New Yorker 14 May 41/3 His mouth was slightly lopsided, paisley-shaped, his lips anneloid and full.
An invertebrate thought to be related to or resemble a segmented worm of the phylum Annelida. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > member of > animal resembling
anneloid1861
1861 29th Ann. Rep. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Soc. p. xx Another case of curious or rare specimens, chiefly marine and very well preserved, among them some of the anneloids, showing their branchiæ.
1869 W. Baird in Eng. Mech. 30 Apr. 123/2 The anneloids belonging to this group differ..from the Aphroditacea.
1904 Encycl. Americana VII. at Entozoa The present use of the term entozoa is artificial, and tends to restrict its application..to that section of the class Vermes, known as platyhelminths or anneloids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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