NOUN | animal | chaetognath, arrowworm | any worm of the Chaetognatha |
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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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Synonym | arrowworm | |
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 |
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