CHAETETES


Meaning of CHAETETES in English

kēˈtēd.ēz noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek chaitē long flowing hair

: 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

• chae·te·tid -tēd.ə̇d adjective or noun

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