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chaetiform

chaetiform adjective: shaped like a bristle or hair, especially of a sensillum of an arthropod.

Adjective

chaetiform (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like a bristle or hair, especially of a sensillum of an arthropod.

Origin of chaetiform

From chaeta + -iform.

Questions about chaetiform

What does chaetiform mean?
Chaetiform means shaped like a bristle or hair, especially of a sensillum of an arthropod.
What part of speech is chaetiform?
Chaetiform is an adjective.

Words near chaetiform in the dictionary

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

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