chaeta

 [kee-tuh]  

chae·ta

   [kee-tuh]
noun, plural chae·tae  [-tee] . Zoology.
a bristle or seta, especially of a chaetopod.
Origin:
< Neo-Latin < Greek chaítē long hair
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chaeta (ˈkiːtə)
 
—n , pl -tae
any of the chitinous bristles on the body of such annelids as the earthworm and the lugworm: used in locomotion; a seta
 
[C19: New Latin, from Greek khaitē long hair]

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