Sedentaria
plural nounDefinition of Sedentaria
: a division of Polychaeta comprising sedentary usually tube-dwelling worms with reduced parapodia and sense organs and typically with highly developed filamentous anterior respiratory organs or gills — compare errantia , sabellaria
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