Archiannelida

plural noun

Ar·​chi·​annelida

: a group, usually a class, of small primitive or secondarily simplified annelid worms lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae compare polygordius

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from archi- + Annelida

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