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Meanings of Oligochaeta:

plural noun

A class of annelid worms which includes the earthworms. they have simple setae projecting from each segment and a small head lacking sensory appendages.

Usage examples:

Annelids with a clitellum (a swelling towards the head of the animal, where the gonads are located)…

Meanings of Oligochaete:

noun

An annelid worm of the class oligochaeta, such as an earthworm.

Usage examples:

For example, bacterial endosymbionts as found in the giant vent pogonophora are also present in man…

Meanings of Oligoclase:

noun

A feldspar mineral common in siliceous igneous rocks, consisting of a sodium-rich plagioclase (with more calcium than albite).

Usage examples:

It is composed of quartz, oligoclase, and microcline, with minor garnet, biotite, muscovite and iro…

Meanings of Oligocythemia:

noun

Deficiency of red blood cells; anaemia.

Meanings of Oligocythemic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characterized by oligocythaemia.

Meanings of Oligodendroglia:

plural noun

Oligodendrocytes collectively.

Usage examples:

The relationship of such nerve fibers to oligodendroglia in the central nervous system is not quite…

Meanings of Oligohydramnios:

noun

Abnormally low volume of amniotic fluid; an instance of this.

Meanings of Oligomenorrhea:

noun

Abnormally light menstrual flow (now rare); infrequent menstruation; prolongation of the length of the menstrual cycle.

Meanings of Oligomer:

noun

A polymer whose molecules consist of relatively few repeating units.

Usage examples:

Condensed tannins are oligomers and polymers of flavonoid units linked by carbon-carbon bonds, whic…

Meanings of Oligomerous:

adjective

Having a small number of segments or parts.

Meanings of Oligomycin:

noun

Any of a group of antibiotics with anti-fungal activity, now used chiefly in the experimental inhibition of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.

Meanings of Oligophagy:

noun

The eating of a limited range of plants.

Meanings of Oligophyllous:

adjective

Having few leaves.

Meanings of Oligopoly:

noun

A state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers.

Usage examples:

With limited competition, or oligopolies, the various players within a particular industry will mos…

Meanings of Oligopsony:

noun

A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product.

Usage examples:

Economists refer to this as an oligopsony: a market with few buyers.

Meanings of Oligospermia:

noun

Deficiency of sperm cells in the semen.

Usage examples:

The most common male infertility factors include: azoospermia (no sperm cells are produced) and oli…

Meanings of Oligostemonous:

adjective

Having a small number of stamens; = oligandrous .

Meanings of Oligotrichia:

adjective

Of, relating to, or belonging to a group (now the order oligotrichida) of ciliate protozoans characterized by conspicuous cilia in the mouth region and (usually) a lack of body cilia.

noun

A protozoan of this group.

Meanings of Oligotropic:

adjective

Of an insect, especially a bee: collecting nectar from the flowers of only a few related plants. contrasted with polytropic .

Meanings of Olio:

noun

A highly spiced stew of various meats and vegetables originating from spain and portugal.

Usage examples:

The key elements of this court style were the grosses entrées, the olios, the bisques, the terrines…

Meanings of Olios:

noun

A highly spiced stew of various meats and vegetables originating from spain and portugal.

Usage examples:

The key elements of this court style were the grosses entrées, the olios, the bisques, the terrines…

Meanings of Oliphant:

noun

An elephant.

Meanings of Olivary:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the nucleus situated in the olive of the medulla oblongata in the brain.

Usage examples:

Dorsal to the olivary nuclei is the extensive reticular formation of the medulla, composed of diffu…

Meanings of Olivaster:

adjective

Olive-coloured; having an easily-tanned or mediterranean skin.

Meanings of Olivella:

noun

A genus of small gastropod molluscs of warm and tropical seas (family olividae), having glossy cylindrical shells; (also olivella) a snail of this genus.