Definitions for clitellum

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clitellum cli·tel·lum

Spelling: [klahy-tel-uh m]

IPA: /klaɪˈtɛl əm/

Clitellum is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in clitellum (ceilllmtu).

Definitions for clitellum

noun

1. a ring or saddle-shaped region of glandular tissue in the body wall of certain annelids, as earthworms and some leeches, that after copulation secretes a cocoon in which the eggs and sperm are deposited for fertilization and development.

Origin of clitellum

1830-40; New Latin, neuter noun based on Latin clītellae packsaddle

Examples for clitellum

clitellum generally only two or three segments and more anterior in position than in Terricolae.

clitellum not present as a definite organ, as in Oligochaeta.

clitellum, kli-tel′um, n. the saddle of an annelid, as the earthworm:—pl.

clitellum commonly extensive and more posterior in position than in other groups.

clitellum always present, extending over two (many limicolous forms) to forty-five segments (Alma).