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CHAETOGNATHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chaetognatha mean? 

CHAETOGNATHA (noun)
  The noun CHAETOGNATHA has 1 sense:

1. arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine wormsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHAETOGNATHA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chaetognatha; phylum Chaetognatha

Hypernyms ("Chaetognatha" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Chaetognatha"):

arrowworm; chaetognath (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)

genus Sagitta (chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms)

genus Spadella (marine worms resembling the sagittas but with a broader body and only one pair of lateral fins)

Holonyms ("Chaetognatha" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)

Derivation:

chaetognathan; chaetognathous (of or relating to arrowworms)


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