spine hairs
From ZooTerms (Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology)
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spine hairs: (Arthropoda: Insecta) Poisonous weapons of many caterpillars, usually of multicellular origin and provided with pointed tips, that upon penetration into human skin are broken, causing irritation; primitive setalike normal hairs.
