tenent hair
noun
variants
or tenant hair
: a hair much more swollen at the tip than the base, sometimes secreting an adhesive fluid, growing in tufts on the feet of many spiders and insects, and enabling them to move freely on smooth or vertical surfaces
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“Tenent hair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenent%20hair. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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