Main Entry: poly·chaete

Pronunciation: \ˈpä-lē-ˌkēt\

Function: noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek polychaitēs having much hair, from poly- + chaitē long hair

Date: 1896

: any of a class (Polychaeta) of chiefly marine annelid worms (as clam worms) usually with paired segmental appendages, separate sexes, and a free-swimming trochophore larva

— polychaete adjective