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

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

The introversible tube may be completely closed, as in the “proboscis” of Nemertine worms, or it may have a passage in it leading into a non-eversible oesophagus, as in the present case, and in the case of the eversible pharynx of the predatory Chaetopod worms.

From Project Gutenberg

The “introvert” in these Gastropods is not the pharynx as in the Chaetopod worms, but a prae-oral structure, its apical limit being formed by the true lips and jaws, whilst the apical limit of the Chaetopod’s introvert is formed by the jaws placed at the junction of pharynx and oesophagus, so that the Chaetopod’s introvert is part of the stomodaeum or fore-gut, whilst that of the Gastropod is external to the alimentary canal altogether, being in front of the mouth, not behind it, as is the Chaetopod’s.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Arthropod eye appears to be an organ of special character developed in the common ancestor of the Euarthropoda, and distinct from the Chaetopod eye, which is found only in the Onychophora where the true Arthropod eye is absent.

From Project Gutenberg

The figure on the left represents the condition in a Chaetopod, that on the right the condition in an Arthropod, the other two are hypothetical intermediate forms.

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