Chaetetes
noun
Chae·te·tes
kēˈtētēz
: a genus (the type of the large extinct family Chaetetidae) of fossil corals that have the skeleton composed of slender closely contiguous tubes and are common in the Carboniferous limestones
chaetetid adjective or noun
-tētə̇d
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, irregular from Greek chaitē long flowing hair