chaetopod

American

[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.

chaetopod British

/ ˈkiːtəˌpɒd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of chaetopod

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

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