clitellum

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Fully matured earthworms upon mating shed their clitellum (a small band like an overgrowth of skin) and produce cocoons which take about 14 days to incubate and hatch into juveniles.

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  1. noun A swollen, glandular, saddlelike region in the epidermis of certain annelid worms, such as the earthworm, that secretes a viscous fluid to form a cocoon for their eggs.

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  • Fully matured earthworms upon mating shed their clitellum (a small band like an overgrowth of skin) and produce cocoons which take about 14 days to incubate and hatch into juveniles. —  Free from School
 

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  1. New Latin clītellum, sing. of Latin clītellae, packsaddle; see klei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, also clitellus, from Latin clitellæ, a pack-saddle.
 

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