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Trichite
Trich′ite
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], hair.]
1.
(Min.)
A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of
Crystallite
. 2.
(Zool.)
A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.
Trichite sheaf
(Zool.)
, one of the small sheaflike fascicles of slender setae characteristic of certain sponges. See Illust. under
Spicule
.