chaetopod
[ kee-tuh-pod ]
/ ˈki təˌpɒd /
noun
any annelid of the class or group Chaetopoda, having the body composed of more or less similar segments with muscular processes bearing setae.
Words nearby chaetopod
chaeta,
chaetiferous,
chaeto-,
chaetognath,
chaetophorous,
chaetopod,
chaetotaxy,
chafe,
chafer,
chafeweed,
chaff
Example sentences from the Web for chaetopod
A similar constitution of the body is more clearly seen in the Chaetopod worms.
(g) The two eyes of Chaetopod structure have disappeared, and are replaced by the Euarthropod eyes.
The corm becomes the seat of a development of a special visual organ, the Arthropod eye (as opposed to the Chaetopod eye).
British Dictionary definitions for chaetopod
chaetopod
/ (ˈkiːtəˌpɒd) /
noun
any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta
See oligochaete, polychaete
Word Origin for chaetopod
C19: from New Latin
Chaetopoda; see
chaeta,
-pod