Trichite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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