chaetotaxy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The arrangement of, and study of arrangement of, chaetae (chitinous bristles) on a species or subspecies of animal, usually and especially an arthropod or annelid. countable,uncountable
    — I propose the term Chætotaxy for the arrangement of bristles on the different parts of the body of the Diptera, the composition of this term being analogous to phyllotaxy, the order or arrangement of leaves of plants.

词形变化

chaetotaxies plural chætotaxy alternative chaeototaxy alternative chetotaxy alternative

词源

By analogy to phyllotaxy, substituting the prefix chaeto- from Greek χαίτη (khaítē). By surface analysis, chaeto- -taxy (compare taxis).
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