Chaetetes

noun

Chae·​te·​tes

kēˈtētēz

: a genus (the type of the large extinct family Chaetetidae) of fossil corals that have the skeleton composed of slender closely contiguous tubes and are common in the Carboniferous limestones

chaetetid

-tētə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Greek chaitē long flowing hair

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