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chaetome

chaetome noun: the bristly hairlike appendages growing from the limbs of various mite species, taken as a single bodily organ.

Noun

chaetome (plural chaetomes)

  1. The bristly hairlike appendages growing from the limbs of various mite species, taken as a single bodily organ.
    • In the chaetome (setation) of Phthiracaroidea legs the number of solenidia is given in parenthesis and follows the number of simple setae […]2003, “New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical region”, in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 49, number 49, page 261

Forms of chaetome

pluralchaetomes

Origin of chaetome

From chaeta + -ome.

Questions about chaetome

What does chaetome mean?
Chaetome means the bristly hairlike appendages growing from the limbs of various mite species, taken as a single bodily organ.
What part of speech is chaetome?
Chaetome is a noun.
What is the plural of chaetome?
The plural of chaetome is chaetomes.

Words near chaetome in the dictionary

  1. chaetognathan
  2. chaetognathans
  3. chaetognathid
  4. chaetognathids
  5. chaetognaths
  6. chaetome
  7. chaetomellic acid
  8. chaetomellic acids
  9. chaetomes
  10. chaetomiaceous
  11. chaetomin

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