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Definition of: chaetognath
(kē′tog·nath) noun Zool.
Any of a phylum (Chaetognatha) of small, active, widely distributed marine animals having characteristic bristles around the mouth and elongate, arrow-shaped, almost transparent bodies adapted for swift motion through the water. [<NL <Gk. chaitē hair + gnathos jaw.]
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