chaetic
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “mane; loose, flowing hair”) + -ic.
Adjective
editchaetic (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having long thick hairs or bristles.
- 2023 January 12, Artur Taszakowski, Adrian Masłowski, Kent M. Daane, Jolanta Brożek, “Closer view of antennal sensory organs of two Leptoglossus species (Insecta, Hemiptera, Coreidae)”, in Scientific Reports, volume 13, , article 617, page 10:
- Aporous sensilla with flexible sockets, presenting various lengths and shapes (bristle, trichoid, styloconic, chaetic or basiconic) consist mainly of exocuticular material and show no substructures in thin sections and cross-fractures70.