Meanings
nounmegascolecid (plural megascolecids)
plural megascolecids
- biologyAny earthworm of the family Megascolecidae.
Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae.
1975, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Zoology, volume 26, page 205
Origin
From Megascolex + -id.
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