əm noun, plural cli·tel·la 
[-tel-uh] .
[-tel-uh] . a ring or saddle-shaped region of glandular tissue in the body wall of certain annelids, as earthworms and some leeches, that after copulation secretes a cocoon in which the eggs and sperm are deposited for fertilization and development.
Origin:
1830–40; < Neo-Latin, neuter noun based on Latin clītellae packsaddle
1830–40; < Neo-Latin, neuter noun based on Latin clītellae packsaddle
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| —n , pl -la | |
| a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs | |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Latin clītellae (plural) packsaddle] | |
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clitellum
"raised band around an earthworm," 1839, from Mod.L., from L. clitellae "a pack-saddle."
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