chaetopod
English edit
Noun edit
chaetopod (plural chaetopods)
- (zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an obsolete invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion.
References edit
- “chætopod”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.