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Definition of polychaete in English: polychaete(US polychete) noun ˈpɒlɪkiːtˈpälēˌkēt Zoology A marine annelid worm of the class Polychaeta; a bristle worm. Example sentencesExamples - There are more than 50 fish species whose lives are linked to Sargassum, and a myriad of invertebrates, including gastropods, polychaetes, bryozoans, anemones, and sea-spiders.
- Such a scenario would be consistent with the fact that Recent crinoids serve as substrate for a large variety of organisms, including annelids, arthropods, gastropods, fish, ophiuroids, and polychaetes.
- Sponges are preyed upon by gastropods, polychaetes, asteroids, echinoids, turtles, and fishes.
- Subsequently work on a brittle star showed expression of the gene in the tube feet, and many found it difficult to equate the tube feet of echinoderms with the parapodia of polychaetes or the arthropod limb.
- The focal stage for this analysis is the early period of embryo encapsulation, a mode of development that has evolved several times among gastropods, polychaetes, nemerteans and flatworms.
Derivativesadjective -ˈkiːt(ə)n Zoology
Definition of polychaete in US English: polychaete(US polychete) nounˈpälēˌkēt Zoology A marine annelid worm of the class Polychaeta; a bristle worm. Example sentencesExamples - There are more than 50 fish species whose lives are linked to Sargassum, and a myriad of invertebrates, including gastropods, polychaetes, bryozoans, anemones, and sea-spiders.
- Sponges are preyed upon by gastropods, polychaetes, asteroids, echinoids, turtles, and fishes.
- Subsequently work on a brittle star showed expression of the gene in the tube feet, and many found it difficult to equate the tube feet of echinoderms with the parapodia of polychaetes or the arthropod limb.
- Such a scenario would be consistent with the fact that Recent crinoids serve as substrate for a large variety of organisms, including annelids, arthropods, gastropods, fish, ophiuroids, and polychaetes.
- The focal stage for this analysis is the early period of embryo encapsulation, a mode of development that has evolved several times among gastropods, polychaetes, nemerteans and flatworms.
adjectiveˈpälēˌkēt Relating to or denoting polychaetes. Example sentencesExamples - Generally benthic feeders, many butterflyfishes eat small invertebrates, sponges or polychaete worms.
- Similar, and even greater evolutionary conservatism has been noted among other polychaete families.
- Little is known about their diet at sea, but it includes fish, crustaceans, and polychaete worms.
- The annelids include earthworms, polychaete worms, and leeches.
- Although wormlike, cornulitids may not have been polychaete worms.
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