Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An animal of the genus Sagitta (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See
Sagitta .
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- noun zoology A
transparent marine worm of thephylum Chaetognatha , found inplankton .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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