Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Surrounded by bristles, as the segments of some earthworms; specifically, having the characters of the genus Perichæta. Rolleston.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Surrounded by setæ; -- said of certain earthworms (genus Perichætus).
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- adjective zoology Surrounded by
setae ; said of certainearthworms (genus Perichaetus).
Etymologies
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See perichaetium.
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