Derivatives:
polychaetan adj. polychaetous adj.
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/pol"i keet'/, n.
1. any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
adj.
2. Also, polychaetous. belonging or pertaining to the Polychaeta.
[1885-90; < NL Polychaeta < Gk polychaítes having much hair. See POLY-, CHAETA]
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polˈychaete /-kēt/ noun
Any worm of the Polychaeta
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Main Entry: ↑poly-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.