Archioligochaeta

plural noun

Ar·​chi·​oligochaeta

in some classifications

: a division of Oligochaeta comprising relatively small aquatic worms of few segments that reproduce vegetatively by fission as well as by sexual means (as members of the genera Aeolosoma, Nais, and Dero) compare limicolae , microdrili

archioligochaete

+ ¦-

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from archi- + Oligochaeta

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