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annelidlike

annelidlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of annelids.

Adjective

annelidlike (comparative more annelidlike, superlative most annelidlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of annelids.
    • The insects that are the most highly evolved of protostomes are envisaged as having evolved from an annelidlike ancestor in stages resembling the onychophorans, followed by myriapodlike forms.1983, Rudolf A. Raff, Thomas C. Kaufman, Embryos, Genes, and Evolution: The Developmental-Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change, New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 133

Forms of annelidlike

comparativemore annelidlike
superlativemost annelidlike

Origin of annelidlike

From annelid + -like.

Questions about annelidlike

What does annelidlike mean?
Annelidlike means resembling or characteristic of annelids.
What part of speech is annelidlike?
Annelidlike is an adjective.

Words near annelidlike in the dictionary

  1. annelation
  2. annelations
  3. annelid
  4. annelidan
  5. annelidans
  6. annelidlike
  7. annelidous
  8. annelids
  9. anneliform
  10. Annella
  11. annellated

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