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hypertrichy

hypertrichy noun: the presence of an unusually large number of setae compared to other animals in the same natural group.

Noun

hypertrichy (uncountable)

  1. The presence of an unusually large number of setae compared to other animals in the same natural group.
    • The idiosoma of all ticks carries a number of sensory and glandular structures. The pattern of these structures can be helpful in identification of larvae, but hypertrichy (the presence of "excessive" numbers of setae arranged in random patterns) usually makes those characters unworkable in the...2005, Biology of disease vectors, Burlington, MA : Elsevier, page 47
    • All brown lemur populations demonstrate sexual dichromatism and sex-specific patterns in facial hypertrichy (ear tufting, ruffs, and collars), although sex differences in pelage are less marked in E. f. fulvus (Tattersall, 1982; Shedd and Macedonia, 1991; Mittermeier et al., 1994).2006, Lemurs : ecology and adaptation, New York, NY : Springer, page 194

Questions about hypertrichy

What does hypertrichy mean?
Hypertrichy means the presence of an unusually large number of setae compared to other animals in the same natural group.
What part of speech is hypertrichy?
Hypertrichy is a noun.

Words near hypertrichy in the dictionary

  1. hypertrichoses
  2. hypertrichosis
  3. hypertrichosis cubiti
  4. hypertrichotic
  5. hypertrichous
  6. hypertrichy
  7. hypertridimensional
  8. hypertriglyceremia
  9. hypertriglyceridaemia
  10. hypertriglyceridaemias
  11. hypertriglyceridaemic

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