chaetopod

[ kee-tuh-pod ]

noun

1. any annelid of the class or group Chaetopoda, having the body composed of more or less similar segments with muscular processes bearing setae.

chaetopod

/ ˈkiːtəˌpɒd /

noun

1. See polychaete, oligochaete
   any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta See oligochaete polychaete

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaetopod¹

1860–65; < New Latin Chaetopoda; chaeto-, -pod

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaetopod¹

C19: from New Latin Chaetopoda; see chaeta , -pod

Example Sentences

A similar constitution of the body is more clearly seen in the Chaetopod worms.

From Project Gutenberg

The corm becomes the seat of a development of a special visual organ, the Arthropod eye (as opposed to the Chaetopod eye).

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(g) The two eyes of Chaetopod structure have disappeared, and are replaced by the Euarthropod eyes.

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