CHAETA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: chaetae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chaeta" is a kind of...):

seta (a stiff hair or bristle)

Derivation:

chaetal (of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles))

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