lumbricine

lumbricine
\\ˈləmbrəˌsēn, -_sə̇n\ adjective
: having an arrangement of setae resembling that in Lumbricus — used of an oligochaete worm that has eight bristles per segment usually arranged in pairs; compare perichaetine

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  • perichaetine — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kēˌtīn adjective Etymology: New Latin Perichaeta, genus of earthworms (from peri + chaeta) + English ine : having numerous setae arranged about each segment in a ring usually interrupted dorsally and ventrally and in a distribution… …   Useful english dictionary

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