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Definition of Chaeta
1. Noun. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
Definition of Chaeta
1. Noun. A chitinous bristle of an annelid worm ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chaeta
1. a bristle or seta [n -TAE] : CHAETAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Chaeta
1. Synonym: seta. Origin: Mod. L. Fr. G. Chaite, stiff hair (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaeta
Literary usage of Chaeta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"they consist of chitin, and each chaeta is the product of a single cell.
The chaetae of Euphrosyne are hollow and calcareous, being peculiar in both ..."
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