Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
clitellum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.
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- noun zoology A thickened
glandular portion of the body of the adultearthworm , consisting of several united segments modified forreproductive purposes.
Etymologies
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New Latin, probably from Latin clitellae a packsaddle.
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