chætopod, a. Zool.
(ˈkiːtəʊpɒd)
Also cheto-.
[f. mod.L. chætopoda neut. pl., f. as prec. + πούς (ποδ-) foot.]
Belonging to the order Chætopoda of Annelids, marine worms, with bristle-bearing feet.
| 1839–47 Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 434/2 In many chetopod Annelides, the setæ and cirrhi form..organs of progression. a 1864 Baird in Webster s.v. Lug-worm, A chætopod worm. |