OLIGOCHAETE

oligochaete, oligochaete worm

(noun) hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

oligochaete (plural oligochaetes)

Any of various hermaphroditic aquatic and terrestrial annelid worms, of the subclass Oligochaeta, that have single bristles along the body.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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