chaetognathan

1. 1.

   of or relating to arrowworms

   Synonymschaetognathous

Questions about chaetognathan

What does chaetognathan mean?

chaetognathan means "of or relating to arrowworms".

How many syllables are in chaetognathan?

chaetognathan has 5 syllables and divides as cha-e-tog-na-than under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for chaetognathan?

Close synonyms include chaetognathous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chaetognathan a common word?

chaetognathan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.