microtrichia

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microtrichia (noun, plural; singular -ium; Greek mikros, small; thrix, hair): 1. (Arthropoda: Insecta) Minute, abundant, non-articulate hairs found on the wings (aculeae)

See also: macrotrichia. 2. (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) see microthrix.