Lumbriculidae

plural noun

Lum·​bri·​cu·​li·​dae

: a family of small usually reddish aquatic oligochaete worms somewhat resembling the Lumbricidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Lumbriculus, type genus (from Latin lumbricus earthworm + New Latin -ulus) + -idae

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