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chaetiferous

chaetiferous adjective: bearing chaetae.

Adjective

chaetiferous (comparative more chaetiferous, superlative most chaetiferous)

  1. Bearing chaetae.
    • chaetiferous segment
    • chaetiferous species

Forms of chaetiferous

comparativemore chaetiferous
superlativemost chaetiferous

Origin of chaetiferous

From chaeta + -ferous.

Questions about chaetiferous

What does chaetiferous mean?
Chaetiferous means bearing chaetae.
What part of speech is chaetiferous?
Chaetiferous is an adjective.

Words near chaetiferous in the dictionary

  1. chaetae
  2. chaetal
  3. chaetetid
  4. chaetetids
  5. chaetic
  6. chaetiferous
  7. chaetiform
  8. chaetiger
  9. chaetigerous
  10. chaetigers
  11. chaetiliid

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