chaetome

English

Etymology

From chaeta +‎ -ome.

Noun

chaetome (plural chaetomes)

1. (biology) The bristly hairlike appendages growing from the limbs of various mite species, taken as a single bodily organ.
   • 2003, “New species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from the Neotropical region”, in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 49, number 49, page 261:

     In the chaetome (setation) of Phthiracaroidea legs the number of solenidia is given in parenthesis and follows the number of simple setae […]

Anagrams

• octaheme