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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OLIGOCHAETE

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PRONUNCIATION OF OLIGOCHAETE

oligochaete  [ˈɒlɪɡəʊˌkiːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLIGOCHAETE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oligochaete can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES OLIGOCHAETE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oligochaeta

Haplotaxida Lumbriculida Moniligastrida Oligochaeta /ˌɒlɨɡɵkˈiːtə/ is a subclass of animals in the biological phylum Annelida, which is made up of many types of aquatic and terrestrial worms, and including all of the various earthworms. Specifically, the oligochaetes /ˈɒlɨɡɵkˈiːts/contain the terrestrial megadrile earthworms, and freshwater or semiterrestrial microdrile forms, including the tubificids, pot worms and ice worms, blackworms and several interstitial marine worms. With around 10,000 known species, the Oligochaeta make up about half of the phylum Annelida. These worms usually have few setae or "bristles" on their outer body surfaces, and lack parapodia, unlike polychaeta.

Definition of oligochaete in the English dictionary

The definition of oligochaete in the dictionary is any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Oligochaeta, having bristles borne singly along the length of the body: includes the earthworms. Other definition of oligochaete is of, relating to, or belonging to the class Oligochaeta.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OLIGOCHAETE


lorikeet
ˈlɒrɪˌkiːt
mesquit
mɛˈskiːt
mesquite
mɛˈskiːt
parakeet
ˈpærəˌkiːt
parrakeet
ˈpærəˌkiːt
polychaete
ˈpɒlɪˌkiːt
polychete
ˈpɒlɪˌkiːt
skeet
skiːt
spirochaete
ˈspaɪrəʊˌkiːt
spirochete
ˈspaɪrəʊˌkiːt
synoekete
sɪˈniːkiːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLIGOCHAETE

oligochrome
oligoclase
oligocythaemia
oligodendrocyte
oligodendroglia
oligogene
oligomer
oligomeric
oligomerisation
oligomerization
oligomerous
oligonucleotide
oligopeptide
oligophagous
oligophagy
oligopolies
oligopolistic
oligopoly
oligopsonies

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLIGOCHAETE

Albacete
athlete
compete
complete
concrete
Crete
delete
discrete
incomplete
jete
kete
machete
mete
obsolete
Papeete
Pete
replete
rete
secrete
tete

Synonyms and antonyms of oligochaete in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oligochaete» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLIGOCHAETE

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The translations of oligochaete from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oligochaete» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寡毛类
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oligochaete
570 millions of speakers

English

oligochaete
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

oligochaete
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الديدان الحلقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

олигохет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oligoqueta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

oligochaete
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oligochète
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oligochaete
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Oligochaet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貧毛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

oligochaete
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oligochaete
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

oligochaete
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

oligochaete
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Oligochaete
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oligoket
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oligochaete
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skąposzczet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

олигохет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oligochaete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

oligochaete
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oligochaete
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

oligochaete
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

oligochaete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oligochaete

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLIGOCHAETE»

The term «oligochaete» is normally little used and occupies the 140.925 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OLIGOCHAETE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oligochaete

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLIGOCHAETE»

Discover the use of oligochaete in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oligochaete and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aquatic Oligochaete Biology IX: Selected Papers from the 9th ...
Contains selected papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, which deal with the biology of aquatic oligochaetes, and represent a mixture of the fields of taxonomy, anatomy, morphology and physiology, life history, ecology, ...
Piet F. M. Verdonschot, Hongzhe Wang, Adrian Pinders, 2007
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Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII: Proceedings of the 8th ...
Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, held in Bilbao, Spain, 18-22 July 2000
Pilar Rodriguez, Piet Verdonschot, 2002
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The Mechanism of PCB Bioavailability Reduction in a ...
A PCB mass transfer model was developed to predict the bioaccumulation of PCBs by L. variegatus.
Xueli Sun, 2008
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Aquatic Oligochaete Biology V: Proceedings of the 5th ...
This book contains 36 of the papers presented at the meetings covering the many aspects of oligochaete biology from ecological through evolutionary studies, divided into the following sections: Systematics and Evolution Taxonomy and ...
T. B. Reynoldson, Trefor B. Reynoldson, Kathryn A. Coates, 1994
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The Pollution Biology of Aquatic Oligochaetes
Hydrobiologia 463:149–169 Coates KA, Reynoldson TB, Reynoldson TB (eds) ( 1996) Aquatic oligochaete biology VI. In: Proceedings of the sixth international symposium on aquatic oligochaetes, held in Strömstat, Sweden, September 1994 .
Pilar Rodriguez, Trefor B. Reynoldson, 2011
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Aquatic Toxicology: Proceedings of the Third Annual ...
H. C. Bailey,1 and D. H. W. Liu1 Lumbriculus variegatus, a Benthic Oligochaete, as a Bioassay Organism REFERENCE: Bailey, H. C. and Liu, D. H. W., " Lumbriculus variegatus, a Benthic Oligochaete, as a Bioassay Organism " Aquatic ...
J. G. Eaton, Patrick R. Parrish, Albert C. Hendricks, 1980
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Aquatic Oligochaetes
Ponto-Caspian species, tubificid oligochaete, dispersal, ballast water Abstract The species composition of the Scandinavian freshwater oligochaete fauna is strongly influenced by its post-glacial history (Timm, 1980). Few species are likely to ...
Brenda M. Healy, Trefor B. Reynoldson, K. A. Coates, 1999
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Aquatic Oligochaete Biology Six
Recent studies on diverse aspects of the biology of clitellate works (oligochaetes and leeches) are found in the Proceedings of the most recent International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology - from development to population dynamics ...
Kathryn A. Coates, Trefor B. Reynoldson, Thomas Braban Reynoldson, 1996
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Bottom Soils, Sediment, and Pond Aquaculture
Selected studies will be summarized to illustrate the kinds and amounts of benthic animals found in aquaculture ponds. Dendy et al. observed many genera of benthic animals in Alabama fish ponds (Table 8.3), but only oligochaete worms and ...
Claude E. Boyd, 1995
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Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong and ...
Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden ABSTRACT This study reports upon preliminary results obtained during the course of a quantitative study of marine oligochaete assemblages associated with different habitat types and tidal elevations ...
Brian Morton, 2003

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLIGOCHAETE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oligochaete is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scientists find 13 exotic freshwater species in Tamil Nadu
This is the first time a survey was conducted to identify oligochaete exclusively for TN. At least 1,600 valid species of aquatic oligochaeta are ... «Economic Times, Apr 15»
2
Guild Wars 2' First Living World Event of 2014, Origins of Madness …
Again, this is no battle for a solitary rogue warrior, you'll want friends and a lot of sharp steel to destroy this massive oligochaete. Described a ... «Gamenguide, Jan 14»
3
Three New Deep Cave Species: Freshwater Species of the Week
The other new creatures are a tiny gastropod snail (1.5mm in diameter) and an oligochaete worm (about 8mm long). These were collected from ... «National Geographic, Jul 12»
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New to science species found in deep NZ underwater cave
The two other stygofaunal invertebrates discovered in the system were a minute gastropod snail - about 1.5mm diameter - and an oligochaete ... «3News NZ, Jun 12»
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Cave divers find new deep water species
A minute gastropod snail, about 1.5mm in diameter, and an 8mm-long oligochaete worm were also confirmed new discoveries from the dive. «The Dominion Post, Jun 12»
6
Lake never sleeps under blanket of ice
Evidence is the increasing presence of oligochaete worms, tolerant to low oxygen content. The impact is significant. In 2003, a total of 10,000 ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Feb 11»

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