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polychetes

polychetes is the plural 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.

Questions about polychetes

What is polychetes the plural of?
Polychetes is the plural of polychete.

Words near polychetes in the dictionary

  1. polychelids
  2. polychemotherapeutic
  3. polychemotherapies
  4. polychemotherapy
  5. polychete
  6. polychetes
  7. polychetous
  8. polychitin
  9. polychitins
  10. polychloride
  11. polychlorides

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