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polychaetae

polychaetae is the plural of polychaeta.

Meaning of polychaeta

Noun

polychaeta (plural polychaetas or polychaetae)

  1. Any annelid worm of the class Polychaeta
    • The sediment type units used were: predominantly gravel (the most abundant sediment type around Punta León colony [34 ]), rocky, characterized by the presence of reefs (i.e. isolated small rocky outcrops that extend no longer that a few metres on a flat bottom [35 ]) and grasslike where more than...2015 September 15, “Selfies of Imperial Cormorants ( Phalacrocorax atriceps ): What Is Happening Underwater?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about polychaetae

What is polychaetae the plural of?
Polychaetae is the plural of polychaeta.

Words near polychaetae in the dictionary

  1. polyceratid
  2. polyceratids
  3. polycerid
  4. polycerids
  5. polychaeta
  6. polychaetae
  7. polychaetan
  8. polychaetas
  9. polychaete
  10. polychaetes
  11. polychaetologist

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