clitellum

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin clitellum, from Latin clītella (singular noun), clītellae (“packsaddle”, plurale tantum). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛləm === Noun === clitellum (plural clitella) (biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in which the eggs are deposited. ==== Synonyms ==== saddle clitellus (uncommon, obsolete) ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “clitellum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === multicell == Latin == === Etymology === Coined from clītella (“packsaddle”) +‎ -um. === Noun === clītellum n (genitive clītellī); second declension (New Latin) clitellum For quotations using this term, see Citations:clitellum. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter).