sb. pl. Zool. [L. adj. pl. neut. (sc. animālia) i.e., annulate or ringed animals.] The division of animals more commonly called ANNELIDA; sometimes used as a synonym of the larger division ANNULOSA: see ANNULATE 2.
1847. in Craig.
1856. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 219. Annulata, Animals elongate, living in waters or moist earth.
1874. Wood, Nat. Hist., 759. These creatures are technically called Annulata, or sometimes Annelida.
