Annelida

[ uh-nel-i-duh ]

noun
  1. the phylum comprising the annelids.

Origin of Annelida

1
1825–35; <New Latin, equivalent to annel- (<French annelés literally, ringed ones, plural past participle of anneler to ring, derivative of Old French an(n)el ring <Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus ring, anus) + -ida-id2

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