Aeolosoma
noun
Ae·o·lo·so·ma
ˌē-ə-lə-ˈsō-mə
: a nearly cosmopolitan genus (the type of the family Aeolosomatidae) comprising minute aquatic oligochaete worms with large prostomia and usually with bright-colored oil globules in the integument
aeolosomatid adjective or noun
¦ē-ə-lə-¦sō-mə-təd
aeolosomid adjective or noun
¦ē-ə-lə-¦sō-məd
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Greek aiólos "quick-moving, glittering" + New Latin -o- -o- + -soma -soma
First Known Use
1845, in the meaning defined above