chaeta


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chaeta /ˈkiːtə/
noun (pl. chaetae /-tiː/) Zoology a stiff bristle made of chitin, especially in an annelid worm.
– origin C19: mod. L., from Gk khaitē ‘long hair’.
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