chætigerous, a. Zool.
(kiːˈtɪdʒərəs)
[f. Gr. χαίτη: see prec. and -gerous.]
Setigerous.
| 1896 W. B. Benham in Harmer & Shipley Cambr. Nat. Hist. II. 263 Chaetigerous segments. Ibid. 312 The peristomium is chaetigerous. 1963 R. P. Dales Annelids viii. 171 In other larvae the first chaetigerous segment may have hypertrophied chaetae. |