Meaning Of The Word Clitellum
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Clitellum Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Clitellum?
clitellum in American English
noun: 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 clitellum in British English noun: a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs |
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