| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kēˌtīn adjective
Etymology: New Latin Perichaeta, genus of earthworms (from peri- + -chaeta ) + English -ine
: having numerous setae arranged about each segment in a ring usually interrupted dorsally and ventrally and in a distribution characteristic of a common genus ( Perichaeta ) of earthworms — compare lumbricine