SINCE 1828
macrochaeta
noun
mac·ro·chaeta
| \¦makrō+\
plural macrochaetae
Definition of macrochaeta
: any of various large bristles occurring on the bodies of insects that are used as a basis for classification —distinguished from microchaeta
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