annelid

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This annelid is really "many in one" until the very moment of division; the alimentary canal, nerves, blood-vessels, etc., extend in unbroken continuity from the head of the parent worm to the tail of the last section.

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  1. noun Any of various worms or wormlike animals of the phylum Annelida, characterized by an elongated, cylindrical, segmented body and including the earthworm and leech.
  2. adjective Of or belonging to the phylum Annelida.

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  • To find out, a series of recent molecular studies have compared neurodevelopment in slow-evolving deuterostome and protostome invertebrates, such as the enteropneust hemichordate Saccoglossus and the polychaete annelid Platynereis. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Leech - Leech is a common name for over 650 species of carnivorous, bloodsucking annelid worms that make up the class
  • Fröbius AC, Seaver EC (2006) ParaHox gene expression in the polychaete annelid Capitella sp. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • More than that, actually, as the Shiny Entertainment founder admits in a recent interview that in hindsight selling off the rights to annelid-made-superhero was probably the "dumbest move ever." —  Joystiq
  • With a fine selection of single player battles and plenty of ways to customize your annelid army, it's a package sky-high on entertainment! —  GayGamer.net
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  1. From New Latin Annelida, phylum name, from French annelés, pl. past participle of anneler, to ring, from Old French anel, ring, from Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus, ring.
 

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