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CHAETOGNATH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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; chaetognath
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chaetognath" is a kind 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chaetognath"):
sagitta (any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta)
Holonyms ("chaetognath" is a member of...):
Chaetognatha; phylum Chaetognatha (arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms)
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