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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Trich·ite n.
 1. Min. A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite.
 2. Zool. A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.
 Trichite sheaf Zool., one of the small sheaflike fascicles of slender setae characteristic of certain sponges. See Illust. under Spicule.
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