chaetan.
/ˈkiːtə/ = seta n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > parts of
moutha1398
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calyptra1753
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lid1776
apophysis1785
operculum1788
peristoma1792
peristome1799
peristomium1806
hair-point1818
vaginula1818
perigynium1821
vaginule1821
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paraphyllium1832
tympanum1832
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chaeta1866
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > slender or pointed part > filamentary
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seta1814
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chaeta1896
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > bristle
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setule1826
seta1858
chaeta1896
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Chæta, a bristle, the slender stalk of the spore-case of mosses; also called Seta.
1896 W. B. Benham in Cambr. Nat. Hist. II. 266 The chaetae or bristles are mainly used in locomotion.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 689/2 The Chætopoda are characterized by the possession of horny epidermic chætæ embedded in the integument and moved by muscles.
1963 R. P. Dales Annelids viii. 171 In other larvae the first chaetigerous segment may have hypertrophied chaetae.
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