adjective
- composed of or marked by rings or ring-like segments; ringed
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The annulose body of the earthworm consists of many distinct segments.
- Annulose insects, such as beetles, display clear ring-like divisions along their abdomens.
- The annulose structure of certain worms helps them move through soil.
- Biologists classify many arthropods as annulose organisms due to their segmented anatomy.
- The annulose pattern on the snake's skin made it easy to count its vertebral segments.