CHAETOGNATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chaetognath mean? 

• CHAETOGNATH (noun)
  The noun CHAETOGNATH has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CHAETOGNATH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAETOGNATH (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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

arrowworm; chaetognath

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)