Home › Words › C › chaetogenesischaetogenesischaetogenesis means the formation and development of chaetae.EtymologyFrom chaeto- + -genesis.nounThe formation and development of chaetaeDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chaetophore 67% match — The structure in the skin of an animal from which bristles are produced vs chaetogenesis →chaetal 66% match — Relating to the chaetae vs chaetogenesis →setogenesis 65% match — The formation of new setae vs chaetogenesis →chaetotaxy 65% match — 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. vs chaetogenesis →chaetigerous 64% match — That has chaetae vs chaetogenesis →chaetotactic 64% match — Relating to chaetotaxy vs chaetogenesis →chaetotaxic 63% match — Relating to a chaetotaxy vs chaetogenesis →chaetopod 63% match — Any of the Chaetopoda, an obsolete invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion. vs chaetogenesis →