annelid

From French annélidé, coined by French naturalist Lamarck.

• IPA^(key): /ˈænələd/, /ˈænəlɪd/

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annelid (plural annelids)

1. Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech.

   Synonyms: ringed worm, segmented worm

   • 1990 April 1, Pete Dunne, “IN THE NATURAL STATE”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution in the morning. Death by immersion in fishponds, death by cruel hooks.

   • 2015 September 4, Kondethimmanahalli H. Chandramouli, Donald Reish, Huoming Zhang, Pei-Yuan Qian & Timothy Ravasi, “Proteomic Changes Associated with Successive Reproductive Periods in Male Polychaetous Neanthes arenaceodentata”, in Scientific Reports, →DOI:

     The polychaetous annelid species complex of Neanthes acuminata has a widespread distribution, with names depending on geographic location.

annelid (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to these creatures

• Nieland, lindane