Limnodrilus

noun

Lim·​nod·​ri·​lus

limˈnädrələs

: a common genus of the family Tubificidae comprising aquatic oligochaete worms of the eastern U.S.

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from limn- + Late Greek drilos leech

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