chaeta

See also: chæta

English

Alternative forms

• chæta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “crest, mane, flowing hair, foliage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːtə/

Noun

chaeta (plural chaetae)

1. A chitinous bristle of an annelid worm

Synonyms

• seta

Derived terms

• achaetous
• chaetigerous
• perichaetine
• perichaetous

Related terms

• Chaetodon
  • sordid chaetodon
• chaetognath
• Chaetognatha
• chaetognathous
• chaetophorous
• chaetopod
• chaetotaxy
• hexachaetous
• macrochaeta
• oligochaete
  • oligochaetous
• perichaetium
  • perichaetial
• polychaetan
• polychaete
• polychaetous
• Spirochaete
  • spirochaetal
  • spirochaeticide
    • spirochaeticidal
  • spirochaetosis
• tetrachaetous

Further reading

• chaeta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• achate

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰae̯.ta/, [ˈkʰäe̯t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ta/, [ˈkɛːt̪ä]

Noun

chaeta f (genitive chaetae); first declension

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Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chaeta	chaetae
genitive	chaetae	chaetārum
dative	chaetae	chaetīs
accusative	*chaetam	chaetās
ablative	chaetā	chaetīs
vocative	chaeta	chaetae