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micræsthete Biol.|maɪˈkrɛsθiːt|
[f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + αἰσθητής ‘one who perceives’ (here used for ‘organ of sense’).]
One of the numerous supposed tactile organs occupying the small pores (micropores) in the dorsal plates of certain chitons.
1884Moseley in Rep. Brit. Assoc. (1885) 781 These megalæsthetes and micræsthetes. 1885― in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXV. 45 To the organs contained within the micropores I shall give the name micræsthetes. |