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intraclitellian, a. (n.) Zool.|-klɪˈtɛlɪən| [f. mod.L. Intraclitelliāni, f. intrā within + clitellum.] Belonging to that division of Earthworms in which the male genital apertures are situated within the clitellum or thickened band. b. as n. An earthworm of this division.
1888F. E. Beddard in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 683/2 Perrier divided earthworms into three groups:—(1) Preclitellians..; (2) Intraclitellians..where the male pores are within the clitellum; and (3) Postclitellians. So intraclitelline |-klɪˈtɛlaɪn| a., situated within the clitellum. |