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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. any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta See oligochaete polychaete
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chaetopod1

1860–65; < New Latin Chaetopoda; chaeto-, -pod
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chaetopod1

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

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

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

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

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