lumbricine

adjective

lum·​bri·​cine

ˈləmbrəˌsēn,

-sə̇n

: having an arrangement of setae resembling that in Lumbricus

—used of an oligochaete worm that has eight bristles per segment usually arranged in pairs compare perichaetine

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Etymology

New Latin Lumbricina

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