macrochaeta

noun

mac·​ro·​chaeta

¦makrō+

plural macrochaetae

: any of various large bristles occurring on the bodies of insects that are used as a basis for classification

—distinguished from microchaeta

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from macr- + -chaeta

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