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Meaning of chaetome | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The bristly hairlike appendages growing from the limbs of various mite species, taken as a single bodily organ.

Examples

“In the chaetome (setation) of Phthiracaroidea legs the number of solenidia is given in parenthesis and follows the number of simple setae […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

chaetomellic acid chaetonotid chaetonotidan chaetophobia chaetophore chaetopod