a. [f. mod.L. annulōs-us characterized by rings: see ANNULUS and -OSE.]

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  1.  Of a ringed or ring-like character.

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1826.  Kirby & Spence, Entomol. (1828), IV. xlvii. 394. Certain intestinal worms of an indistinct annulose structure.

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  2.  Zool. Having the body formed of a series of rings or ring-like segments. (See ANNULOSA.)

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1835.  Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., I. viii. 236. Their [Cirripedes’] nervous system … approaches near to that of the Annulose animals.

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1872.  Nicholson, Palæont., 29. The lower Annulose animals, such as Leeches, Earth-worms, and Errant Annelides.

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