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perichaetine

perichaetine adjective: having many setae per segment, like earthworms of the genus Perichaeta.

Adjective

perichaetine (not comparable)

  1. Having many setae per segment, like earthworms of the genus Perichaeta.

Origin of perichaetine

Perichaeta + -ine

Questions about perichaetine

What does perichaetine mean?
Perichaetine means having many setae per segment, like earthworms of the genus Perichaeta.
What part of speech is perichaetine?
Perichaetine is an adjective.

Words near perichaetine in the dictionary

  1. perichaetes
  2. perichaeth
  3. perichaeths
  4. perichaetia
  5. perichaetial
  6. perichaetine
  7. perichaetium
  8. perichaetous
  9. perichelydian
  10. perichelydians
  11. Periches

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