Naididae

plural noun

Na·​id·​i·​dae

nāˈidəˌdē

: a family of small aquatic oligochaete worms that commonly reproduce by vegetative transverse segmentation and form chains of worms in various stages of development

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Naid-, Nais, type genus + -idae

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