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| Annelida |
a phylum of segmented worms that includes earthworms and leeches. |
| bryozoan |
any of a phylum (Bryozoa) of sessile invertebrate animals that uses tentacles to remove food particles from water. |
| class |
in biology, the subdivision of a phylum or a division. [1/8 definitions] |
| mollusk |
any of a large phylum of mostly marine invertebrates, including snails, clams, squid, and octopuses, that have soft unsegmented bodies usu. covered by a shell. |
| phyla |
pl. of phylum. |
| Polychaeta |
a class of worms in the phylum Annelida characterized by bristled appendages and usu. living in ocean water. |
| subphylum |
any major subdivision of a phylum; group of related classes of living things. |
| superclass |
a taxonomic category intermediate between a phylum, or a botanical division, and a class; subphylum. |
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