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polychaetous

polychaetous adjective: relating to polychaetes.

Adjective

polychaetous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to polychaetes.
    • The polychaetous annelid species complex of Neanthes acuminata has a widespread distribution, with names depending on geographic location.2015 September 4, Kondethimmanahalli H. Chandramouli, Donald Reish, Huoming Zhang, Pei-Yuan Qian & Timothy Ravasi, “Proteomic Changes Associated with Successive Reproductive Periods in Male...

Forms of polychaetous

alternative formpolychetous

Origin of polychaetous

From polychaete + -ous.

Questions about polychaetous

What does polychaetous mean?
Polychaetous means relating to polychaetes.
What part of speech is polychaetous?
Polychaetous is an adjective.

Words near polychaetous in the dictionary

  1. polychaete
  2. polychaetes
  3. polychaetologist
  4. polychaetologists
  5. polychaetotic
  6. polychaetous
  7. polychalcogenide
  8. polychalcogenides
  9. polychelating
  10. polychelid
  11. polychelids

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