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chaetotaxy

American

[kee-tuh-tak-see] / ˈki təˌtæk si /

noun

Entomology.

the arrangement of bristles on the exoskeleton of an insect.

Other Word Forms

chaetotactic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of chaetotaxy

First recorded in 1890–95; chaeto- + -taxy

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