ANNELID A

(Lat.), n. n. pl. _ A?n(aSn)}-ne’l’i2d-a3. From annellus, a little ring. Fr., annélides. Ger., Anneliden, Ringelwiirmer, The ringed worms, annelids, ann elides, or annelidans; a cla of animals of the subkingdom Annulosa, division Anarthroja, distinguished by the absence of locomotor appen dares, the division of the body into distinct, externally visible annular segments, and the po e ion of a double cord of nervous ganglia ventrally disposed and provided with a loop surrounding the cesophagus and a pre-cesophageal ganglion. The cla comprises the orders Hirudinea (leeches), Oligochæta (earth-worms), Tubicola, and Errant i a, [B, 28.] ANNÉLIDAIRE (Fr.), adj. Annelid a, [A, 385.] Asan. pl., ville (A, 385).]