Word.ws English Dictionary

achaete

achaete noun: a proneural gene, often associated with scute, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs.

Noun

achaete (uncountable)

  1. A proneural gene, often associated with scute, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs

Questions about achaete

What does achaete mean?
Achaete means a proneural gene, often associated with scute, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs.
What part of speech is achaete?
Achaete is a noun.

Words near achaete in the dictionary

  1. Achaemenids
  2. achaenia
  3. achaenium
  4. achaenocarp
  5. achaenocarps
  6. achaete
  7. achaetous
  8. Achaeus
  9. achage
  10. Achagua
  11. Achaia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: achaete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “achaete.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/achaete. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.