arrowworm

arrowworm

(ˈærəʊˌwɜːm) n (Animals) any small marine invertebrate of the genus Sagitta, having an elongated transparent body with fins and prehensile oral bristles: phylum Chaetognatha (chaetognaths)

ar•row•worm

(ˈær oʊˌwɜrm)

n. any small, translucent marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, having lateral and caudal fins. [1885–90]

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arrowworm - any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouthchaetognathworm - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvaeChaetognatha, phylum Chaetognatha - arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine wormssagitta - any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta