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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLITELLUS

Cli *tel "lus, n. Etym: [NL. , prob. fr. L. clitellae a packsadle.](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.