Archioligochaeta
plural noun
Ar·chi·oligochaeta
Definition of Archioligochaeta
in some classifications
: a division of Oligochaeta comprising relatively small aquatic worms of few segments that reproduce vegetatively by fission as well as by sexual means (as members of the genera Aeolosoma, Nais, and Dero) — compare limicolae microdrili
archioligochaete
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Origin and Etymology of archioligochaeta
New Latin, from archi- + Oligochaeta
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