arrowworm (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *arrowworm*:
NOUN	animal	arrowworm, chaetognath	any worm of the Chaetognatha

English > *arrowworm*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
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.
Synonym	chaetognath
Member of	Chaetognatha, phylum Chaetognatha	arrowworms
Narrower	sagitta	Any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
Broader	worm	Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla ... / phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes

HyperDic: arrowworm