oligochaete

Any of various annelid worms of the class (or subclass) Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and aquatic species found chiefly in freshwater, which lack the appendages typical of polychaetes.

Belonging to or having the characteristics of the Oligochæta.

A worm of the order Oligochæta.

Any of an order of hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids (including the earthworms) having bristles borne singly along the length of the body; a member of the Oligochaeta.

any of various hermaphroditic aquatic and terrestrial annelid worms, of the class Oligochaeta, that have single bristles along the body

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