What is "chaetae"

chaeta \chae"ta\ (k[=e]"t[.a]), n.; pl. chaetae (k[=e]"t[=e]). [NL., fr. Gr. chai`th hair.] (Zo["o]l.) a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.

n. (plural of chaeta English)

See chaeta

1. n. a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm

2. [also: chaetae (pl)]

Chaetae was an ancient town of Macedonia that Ptolemy assigns to Mygdonia. Its location cannot precisely be calculated from Ptolemy's account, which places it between Moryllus (nowadays Ano Apostoli, Kilkis regional unit) and Antigonia (Paeonia) which are some ways apart from one another. The town does not appear in the periplus of the fleet of Xerxes, indicating a location perhaps north of the bay of Thessalonica, near Pontoiraklia, in a place where excavations took place (Tsaoussitsa).

Chaetae may refer to:

• Chaetae (town) in ancient Macedon
• Chaeta, an anatomical feature of invertebrates