a. and sb. Zool. [f. prec. + -AN.] A. adj. Of or belonging to the Annelida. B. sb. An annelid.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., II. xiv. 17. The Annelidans, which, though annulated, are not insected, and have no jointed legs.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 165/2. The colour of the blood is yellow and not red in some of the annelidans properly so called.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., v. 248. A mesotrochal Annelidan larva.
