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1. In mineralogy A, a small, dark, needle-shaped crystal: A trichite can be a kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian.
2.In zoology, a delicate, hairlike siliceous (containing silica) spicule (slender, sharp-pointed), found in certain sponges: A trichite is a sheaf, one of the small sheaflike fascicles (bundles) of slender setae characteristic of certain sponges.
2.In zoology, a delicate, hairlike siliceous (containing silica) spicule (slender, sharp-pointed), found in certain sponges: A trichite is a sheaf, one of the small sheaflike fascicles (bundles) of slender setae characteristic of certain sponges.
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tricho-, trich-, -tricha, -trichia, -trichan, -trichic, -trichosis, -trichous, -thrix, -trichum, -trichy +
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