Definition of Lumbriculidae
:a family of small usually reddish aquatic oligochaete worms somewhat resembling the Lumbricidae
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plural noun
Lum·bri·cu·li·dae
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Origin and Etymology of lumbriculidae
New Latin, from Lumbriculus, type genus (from Latin lumbricus earthworm + New Latin -ulus) + -idae
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