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microdrile

microdrile noun: any relatively small, generally aquatic, oligochaete, a member of a sometimes used size-based division of the class Oligochaeta.

Noun

microdrile (plural microdriles)

  1. Any relatively small, generally aquatic, oligochaete, a member of a sometimes used size-based division of the class Oligochaeta.
    • Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae.1975, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Zoology, volume 26, page 205
    • In microdriles the circular muscle is generally only weakly developed.1981, Barrie Gillean Molyneux Jamieson, The Ultrastructure of the Oligochaeta, page 45

Forms of microdrile

pluralmicrodriles

Origin of microdrile

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + δρῖλος (drîlos, “worm”).

Questions about microdrile

What does microdrile mean?
Microdrile means any relatively small, generally aquatic, oligochaete, a member of a sometimes used size-based division of the class Oligochaeta.
What part of speech is microdrile?
Microdrile is a noun.
What is the plural of microdrile?
The plural of microdrile is microdriles.

Words near microdrile in the dictionary

  1. microdramatic
  2. microdrawing
  3. microdrawings
  4. microdress
  5. microdresses
  6. microdrile
  7. microdriles
  8. microdrill
  9. microdrills
  10. microdrive
  11. microdrives

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