Helen Fenton

Chaetodont: Definition and part of speech

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Chaetodont

  1. a. Of or pertaining to the Chaetodonts or the family Chaetodontidae.
  2. n. A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaetognatha: Definition and part of speech

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Chaetognatha

  1. n. pl. An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cetacea: Definition and part of speech

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Cetacea

  1. n. pl. An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.