chaetopod

[ kee-tuh-pod ]

/ ˈki təˌpɒd /

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noun

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

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Origin of chaetopod

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

Words nearby chaetopod

chaeta, chaetiferous, chaeto-, chaetognath, chaetophorous, chaetopod, chaetotaxy, chafe, chafer, chafeweed, chaff

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How to use chaetopod in a sentence

A similar constitution of the body is more clearly seen in the Chaetopod worms.
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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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British Dictionary definitions for chaetopod

chaetopod

/ (ˈkiːtəˌpɒd) /

noun

any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or PolychaetaSee oligochaete, polychaete

Word Origin for chaetopod

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

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