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Meaning of CLITELLUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cli*tel"lus\, n. [NL., prob. fr. L. clitellae a
packsadle.] (Zo["o]l.)
A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult
earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for
reproductive purposes.
 
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