Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Chætognatha; chætognathous.
- noun A member of the Chætognatha.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Chætognatha.
- 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
marine worms of the phylumChaetognatha .
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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Chaetognatha, phylum name : chaeta, chaeta; see chaeta + Greek gnathos, jaw; see genu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Ancient Greek χαίτη ("flowing hair") + γνάθος ("jaw")
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Examples
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White, opaque spherules are selectively consumed by 8 species of fish out of 14 species examined, and a chaetognath.
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Arrow worms (Phylum Chaetognatha) are abundant planktonic organisms and important predators in many food webs; yet, the classification and evolutionary relationships among chaetognath species remain poorly understood.
fbharjo commented on the word chaetognath
also known as arrowworm (with a neat palindromic center- rowwor)
February 7, 2012