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chæta

chæta is the alternative spelling of chaeta.

Meaning of chaeta

Noun

chaeta (plural chaetae)

  1. A chitinous bristle of an annelid worm.
  2. Such a bristle on an arthropod.

Forms of chæta

pluralchætæ

Questions about chæta

What is chæta the alternative spelling of?
Chæta is the alternative spelling of chaeta.

Words near chæta in the dictionary

  1. Châtellerault
  2. Châtelperronian
  3. Châu Đốc
  4. Chärjew
  5. Chæronea
  6. chæta
  7. chætognath
  8. chætognaths
  9. chætophorous
  10. chætotaxy
  11. chætæ

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chæta (page history and authors); chaeta (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.

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