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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POLYCHAETE

From New Latin, from Greek polukhaitēs: having much hair.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYCHAETE

polychaete  [ˈpɒlɪˌkiːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYCHAETE

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

polychaete

Polychaete

Palpata Scolecida Excluded groups Echiura Chaetopteridae The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a polyphyletic class of annelid worms, generally marine. Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made of chitin. Indeed, polychaetes are sometimes referred to as bristle worms. More than 10,000 species are described in this class. Common representatives include the lugworm and the sandworm or clam worm Nereis. Polychaetes as a class are robust and widespread, with species that live in the coldest ocean temperatures of the abyssal plain, to forms which tolerate the extreme high temperatures near hydrothermal vents. Polychaetes occur throughout the Earth's oceans at all depths, from forms that live as plankton near the surface, to a 2– to 3-cm specimen observed by the robot ocean probe Nereus at the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest known spot in the Earth's oceans. Only 168 species are known from fresh waters.

Definition of polychaete in the English dictionary

The definition of polychaete in the dictionary is any marine annelid worm of the class Polychaeta, having a distinct head and paired fleshy appendages that bear bristles and are used in swimming: includes the lugworms, ragworms, and sea mice. Other definition of polychaete is of, relating to, or belonging to the class Polychaeta.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYCHAETE


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYCHAETE

polycentric
polycentrism
polychaetous
polychasia
polychasium
polychete
polychlorinated
polychlorinated biphenyl
polychloroprene
polychotomous
polychotomy
polychrest
polychroic
polychroism
polychromatic
polychromatism
polychrome
polychromic
polychromous
polychromy

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYCHAETE

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

Synonyms and antonyms of polychaete in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polychaete» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYCHAETE

Find out the translation of polychaete to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polychaete from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polychaete» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多毛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poliqueto
570 millions of speakers

English

polychaete
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polychaete
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتعددة الأشواك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полихета
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poliquetas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

polychaete
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polychètes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polychaete
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Polychaeten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多毛類の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다모류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polychaete
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giun nhiều tơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

polychaete
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉलिआकेटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

halkalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

polychaete
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wieloszczet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полихета
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polychaete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυχαίτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polychaet
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

havsborst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polychaeten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polychaete

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYCHAETE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYCHAETE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYCHAETE»

Discover the use of polychaete in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polychaete and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advances in Polychaete Research
This book is one in a series presenting results from the International Polychaete conferences.
Elin Sigvaldadottir, Andrew S.Y. Mackie, Gudmundur V. Helgason, 2003
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Phylogeny of the Family Eunicidae (Polychaete, Annelida) ...
The bristle worm family Eunicidae (∼326 spp. and 9 genera) is distributed worldwide, but most commonly in shallow tropical waters.
Joana Zanol Pinheiro da Silva, 2009
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Reproductive and Larval Biology of the Northeastern Pacific ...
The polychaete worm Owenia collaris (Family Oweniidae) is found in soft sediment habitats along the northeastern Pacific coast, particularly within bays and estuaries.
Tracey Irene Smart, 2008
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Reproductive Strategies and Developmental Patterns in Annelids
Ashington NE63 9NW. U.K. Key words: Polychaeta. aquaculture. photoperiod. reproduction. semelparous. nutrition Abstract In 1 984. the commercial aquaculture of the polychaete Nereis virens was initiated in NE England, at about the same ...
Adriaan W.C. Dorresteijn, Wilfried Westheide, 1999
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Polychaetes: British Amphinomida, Spintherida and +& ...
... basically metamerically arranged, but the gut tends to be a straight tube extending the length of the body. Most free-living annelids possess a gut, but at least one marine oligochaete (Giere, 1981) and one polychaete (Jouin, 1979) do not.
John David George, Gesa Hartmann-Schröder, Linnean Society of London, 1985
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Oceanography And Marine Biology: An Annual Review
Alan Ansell, Margaret Barnes, R N Gibson, R. N. Gibson. Table 6 List of parasitic polychaete species (boring species excluded). Type: Type of relationship (O, obligatory: F, facultative; P, permanent; T, temporal). Table 6 Continued some of the ...
Alan Ansell, Margaret Barnes, R N Gibson, 1998
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Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis
Manton, S.M. (1967). The polychaete Spinther and the origin of the Arthropoda. Journal of Natural History 1 : 1-22 Marcus, N.H. & Schmidt-Gengenbach, J. (1986 ). Recruitment of individuals into the plankton: The importance of bioturbation.
Pamela L. Beesley, Graham J. B. Ross, Christopher J. Glasby, 2000
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Between Pacific Tides
Ann. Rev. 3: 211-55. FAUCHALD, K. 1975. Polychaete phylogeny: A problem in protostome evolution. Syst. Zool. 23: 493-506. — . 1977. The polychaete worms: Definitions and keys to the orders, families, and genera. Los Angeles Co. Mus.
Edward Flanders Ricketts, David W. Phillips, 1985
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Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of ...
Polychaete gametes arise from the coelom walls in a number of body segments; polychaetes lack permanent gonads. Nephridia usually discharge gametes through nephridiopores in addition to urine, and polychaete fertilization is external.
Lynn Margulis, Michael J Chapman, 2009
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Introduction to Marine Biology
POLYCHAETE. WORM. Polychaetes are segmented worms (annelids). Most body segments have a pair of appendages called paddle feet that can function in locomotion, gas exchange, and feeding depending on the species. (SEET-ee) that ...
George Karleskint, Richard Turner, James Small, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYCHAETE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polychaete is used in the context of the following news items.
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Darling worms: A rich legacy of polychaete research
Research at the Center has unlocked secrets of polychaete migration, feeding habits, unexpected role in transferring marine pollution into food ... «Boothbay Register, Jul 15»
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Biotech firm may change cancer treatment with early testing
"These polychaete worms are used to a very stable environment, so I was looking at how their genes might regulate how they will deal with the ... «WXIA-TV, Jul 15»
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Del. biotech may change cancer treatment forever
“These polychaete worms are used to a very stable environment, so I was looking at how their genes might regulate how they will deal with the ... «The News Journal, Jul 15»
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Weirdo Deep-Sea Anemone Kills a Giant Worm, Goes for a Walk
Another series of images showed an anemone eating a spiny sea worm called a polychaete, which it had trapped in its stinging tentacles. «Discover Magazine, Jul 15»
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Six Pictures of Beautiful, Bizarre Worms That Slink Or Swim
July 1 is the first International Polychaete Day, and museums around the world—including the Australian Museum, London's Natural History ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
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All creatures great and small
... and a wall of the ship van on the deck as canvas to draw one of the animals that were brought onboard, from polychaete worms to octopi. «Antarctic Sun, Jun 15»
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Marine biologist Kristian Fauchald dies at 79
... they celebrate International Polychaete Day, which falls on Fauchald's 80th birthday. Polchaetes are a class of marine worms that Fauchald ... «Washington Blade, Jun 15»
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Starved of fish in Polluted Ennore Creek, Bio-marker Worms …
... pollution, the government, instead of taking any drastic measure, should form a nodal agency to develop polychaete culture in Ennore Creek. «The New Indian Express, May 15»
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The Richest Reef: Exploring the Most Diverse Marine Ecosystem on …
... and sea slugs; there are seaweed, tunicate and polychaete worm experts; there are ichthyologists who specialize in butterflyfish and goatfish; ... «Scientific American, Apr 15»
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Roger Norman Bamber (1949-2015)
... one leptostracan, six mysids, one Bochusacean, 2 copepod taxa (including a new genus) and 3 polychaete taxa (including a new genus). «Deep-Sea News, Apr 15»

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