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