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polychaete

/ˈpɒlɪkiːt/

polychaete is the alternative spelling of polychete.

Meaning of polychete

Noun

polychete (plural polychetes)

  1. Any of many annelid worms, of the class Polychaeta, such as the lugworm; they have a segmented body with pairs of bristles on each segment.

Forms of polychaete

pluralpolychaetes

Words formed from polychaete

Questions about polychaete

What is polychaete the alternative spelling of?
Polychaete is the alternative spelling of polychete.
How do you pronounce polychaete?
Polychaete is pronounced /ˈpɒlɪkiːt/.

Words near polychaete in the dictionary

  1. polycerids
  2. polychaeta
  3. polychaetae
  4. polychaetan
  5. polychaetas
  6. polychaete
  7. polychaetes
  8. polychaetologist
  9. polychaetologists
  10. polychaetotic
  11. polychaetous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polychaete (page history and authors); polychete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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