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    POLYCHETE WORM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristlesplay

    Synonyms:

    polychaete; polychaete worm; polychete; polychete worm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("polychete worm" is a kind of...):

    annelid; annelid worm; segmented worm (worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polychete worm"):

    lobworm; lug; lugworm (marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait)

    sea mouse (any of several large worms having a broad flattened body with a mat of coarse hairs covering the back)

    bloodworm (a segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait)

    Holonyms ("polychete worm" is a member of...):

    class Polychaeta; Polychaeta (marine annelid worms)

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