Chaetognath

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chaetognath \Ch[ae]"tog*nath\, a. (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to the Ch[ae]tognatha.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  chaetognath \chaetognath\ n.
     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.
  
     Syn: arrowworm.
          [WordNet 1.5] Chaetognatha

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chaetognath
       n : 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 [syn: {arrowworm}]