[Greek χαίτη long loose flowing hair] Entomology pertaining to the Hexachaetae, a division of the brachycerous Diptera, containing those two-winged flies which have a proboscis composed of six pieces.
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1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 233 The hexachloride of ruthenium is unknown.