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chaetognath

DEFINITIONS OF: chaetognath

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n 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 mouth

Synonyms:
arrowworm
Types:
sagitta
any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
Type of:
worm
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 larvae
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