
	Where results make sense

Topic: Clitellum

In the News (Fri 18 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Annelida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The cocoon is secreted by a glandular region, the clitellum, consisting of several thickened segments.
		The clitellum of an earthworm is a conspicuous saddle-shaped region near its front end.
		The fertilized eggs are deposited in a cocoon, secreted by the clitellum; the cocoon is buried in mud or affixed to submerged objects.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Annelida.asp (3305 words)

	Best NEW Jokes of Sep 2, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		On warm, moist spring and summer nights, you can often seen hundreds of mating worms coming up out of their burrows.
		Once they have mated, the girdle like ring around the front of an earthworm called the clitellum slides along the worm's body, picking up fertilized eggs.
		When it finally falls off the worm into the soil, it forms a well protected nest or egg case within which the embryo worms develop.
	www.top-greetings.com /A.py?R=20040902 (809 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)