English Explanatory Dictionary

chaetotaxy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The arrangement of, and study of arrangement of, chaetae (chitinous bristles) on a species or subspecies of animal, usually and especially an arthropod or annelid.

Word forms

chaetotaxy chaetotaxies chætotaxy chaeototaxy chetotaxy

Etymology

By analogy to phyllotaxy, substituting the prefix chaeto- from Greek χαίτη (khaítē). By surface analysis, chaeto- -taxy (compare taxis).

Related words

chaetotactic chaetotaxic
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