sb. pl. Zool. [mod. L. adj. pl. neut., prop. annuloidea (sc. animālia): see prec.] The Annuloid animals, one of Prof. Huxley’s eight primary groups, placed by him between the Annulosa and Infusoria. Examples are the Flukes, Tapeworms, and Wheel animalcules.
1851. Huxley, in Penny Cycl., 2nd Supp., 594/1. The Rotifera … present a modification of the Annulose type—belong, in fact, to what I have called the Annuloida.
