- hydrophile hair
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)A water-attracting hair as opposed to a hydrophobe hair.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
hydrophile hair
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