- hydrophobe hair
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)A hair with resistance to wetting, thus making a 90° angle of contact with the water surface; see hydrophile hair.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
hydrophobe hair
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