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both earthworms and leeches
have segmented bodies.
lack bristles.
lack a coelom.
have fleshy appendages.
Earthworms and leeches are both annelids. Annelids are characterized by having segmented bodies. Earthworms have bristles (setae), leeches may lack prominent bristles in some species but the key shared feature is segmentation. Both have a coelom (body cavity). Earthworms have no fleshy appendages like parapodia (which some polychaete annelids have), and leeches also lack such prominent fleshy appendages. So the common feature is segmented bodies.
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have segmented bodies.