chaetognath

chae·tog·nath

C0223300 (kē′tŏg-năth′)n. See arrow worm.

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[From New Latin Chaetognatha, phylum name : chaeta, chaeta; see chaeta + Greek gnathos, jaw; see genu- in Indo-European roots.]

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chae′tog·nath′ adj.

chaetognath

(ˈkiːtɒɡˌnæθ) n (Animals) any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth[C19: New Latin Chaetognatha, literally: hair-jaw, from chaeta + Greek gnathos jaw]

chae•tog•nath

(ˈki tɒgˌnæθ, -təg-)

n. 1. any invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, comprising the arrowworms. adj. 2. Also, chae•tog•na•than (kiˈtɒg nə θən) belonging or pertaining to the chaetognaths. [1885–90; < New Latin Chaetognatha]

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chaetognath - any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the moutharrowwormworm - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvaeChaetognatha, phylum Chaetognatha - arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine wormssagitta - any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta