chaetopod

chaetopod
/kee"teuh pod'/, n.
any annelid of the class or group Chaetopoda, having the body composed of more or less similar segments with muscular processes bearing setae.
[1860-65; < NL Chaetopoda; see CHAETO-, -POD]

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  • chaetopod — chae·to·pod …   English syllables

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  • chaeta — /kee teuh/, n., pl. chaetae / tee/. Zool. a bristle or seta, esp. of a chaetopod. [ < NL < Gk chaíte long hair] * * * …   Universalium

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