What is "oligochaete"

oligochaete \oligochaete\ n. Any of an order of hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids (including the earthworms) having bristles borne singly along the length of the body; a member of the Oligochaeta.

Syn: oligochaete worm.

n. Any of various hermaphroditic aquatic and terrestrial annelid worms, of the class ''Oligochaeta'', that have single bristles along the body.

n. hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body [syn: oligochaete worm]