Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Any of many annelid worms, of the class Polychaeta, such as the lugworm; they have a segmented body with pairs of bristles on each segment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete worm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm
Narrower terms: lugworm, lug, lobworm, sea mouse, bloodworm
History
From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + χαίτη (khaítē, “chaeta”), equivalent to poly- + chaeta.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
