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Webster 1913 Edition


Arrowworm

Ar′row-wormˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A peculiar transparent worm of the genus
Sagitta
, living at the surface of the sea. See
Sagitta
.

Definition 2024


arrowworm

arrowworm

See also: arrow worm

English

An arrowworm (Spadella cephaloptera)

Wikispecies

Noun

arrowworm (plural arrowworms)

  1. (zoology) A transparent marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, found in plankton.