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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POLYCHAETA

Pol `y *chæ "ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the two principal groups of Chætopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setæ. See Illust. under Parapodia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Polychaeta

Pol y chae ta |ˌpäliˈkētə ˌpɑlɪˈkitə |Zoology a class of marine annelid worms that comprises the bristle worms. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek polu- ‘many ’ + khaitē ‘mane ’ (taken to mean ‘bristle ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Polychaeta

Polychaeta |ˌpɒlɪˈkiːtə | ▶plural noun Zoology a class of marine annelid worms which comprises the bristle worms. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek polu- ‘many ’ + khaitē ‘mane ’ (taken to mean ‘bristle ’).