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CHAETA
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Irregular inflected form: chaetae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chaeta" is a kind of...):
seta (a stiff hair or bristle)
Derivation:
chaetal (of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles))