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The prefix oligo- or olig- means "a few."
The prefix olig- comes from the Greek oligos, meaning little or few. Therefore an oligarchy is a government by the elite few, and oligochete worms have relatively few bristles.
The Greek root "olig" means "few" or "little." It is commonly used in English to denote a small or inadequate quantity of something, such as in the word "oligarchy," meaning a system of government where power is held by only a few individuals.
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