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Polychete

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Noun
  1. 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.
  2. 2
    chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + χαίτη (khaítē, “chaeta”), equivalent to poly- + chaeta.

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