1. Chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
   "The polychete worm's bristles gleamed in the underwater light";
   - polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete worm

Derived forms: polychetes

Type of: annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm

Part of: class Polychaeta, Polychaeta

Encyclopedia: Polychete