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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)
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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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| Noun | 1. |  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 mouthworm - 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 larvae Chaetognatha, phylum Chaetognatha - arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms sagitta - any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta |
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