The plural form of chaeta; multiple stiff hair-like bristles on invertebrate animals.
Simply the Latin plural of chaeta, ending in -ae as per Latin declension patterns.
The distinction between singular and plural forms in scientific Latin (chaeta/chaetae) reflects how scientists deliberately kept Latin alive as a precision language—each form tells you exactly whether we're talking one bristle or many.
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