1 oncochaeta | Definition of oncochaeta

oncochaeta

noun
on·​co·​chaeta | \ ¦äŋkō+\
plural oncochaetae or oncochaetas

Definition of oncochaeta

: a hair or bristle with a hooked tip onchochaetae on the thorax of a fly

History and Etymology for oncochaeta

New Latin, from onc- + -chaeta

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