'Trichite' definitions:
Definition of 'Trichite'
From: GCIDE
- Trichite \Trich"ite\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, hair.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Min.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges. [1913 Webster]
- Trichite sheaf (Zool.), one of the small sheaflike fascicles of slender setae characteristic of certain sponges. See Illust. under Spicule. [1913 Webster]