Main Entry: cli·tel·lum

Pronunciation: \klī-ˈte-ləm\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural cli·tel·la \-lə\

Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Latin clitellae packsaddle

Date: 1839

: a thickened glandular section of the body wall of some annelids that secretes a viscid sac in which the eggs are deposited