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oligochaetous

oligochaetous adjective: relating to oligochaetes.

Adjective

oligochaetous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to oligochaetes.

Origin of oligochaetous

From oligochaete + -ous.

Questions about oligochaetous

What does oligochaetous mean?
Oligochaetous means relating to oligochaetes.
What part of speech is oligochaetous?
Oligochaetous is an adjective.

Words near oligochaetous in the dictionary

  1. oligochaetological
  2. oligochaetologist
  3. oligochaetologists
  4. oligochaetology
  5. oligochaetotic
  6. oligochaetous
  7. oligochete
  8. oligochetes
  9. oligochitosan
  10. oligochromatic
  11. oligochromatographic

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