What does setaceous mean?
Definitions for setaceous
sɪˈteɪ ʃəsse·ta·ceous
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Princeton's WordNet
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thornyadjective
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
"a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
Wiktionary
setaceousadjective
of, relating to, or resembling a bristle or bristles; bristly
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Setaceousadjective
Bristly; set with strong hairs; consisting of strong hairs.
Etymology: seta, Latin.
The parent insect, with its stiff setaceous tail, terebrates the rib of the leaf when tender, and makes way for its egg into the very pith. William Derham.
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setaceous
Setaceous refers to something that is slender, bristle-like and tapering to a point, similar to a thin brush or a hair. This term is often used in fields like botany or zoology to describe plant parts or animal features.
Webster Dictionary
Setaceousadjective
set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail
Setaceousadjective
bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf
Etymology: [L. seta a bristle: cf. F. stac.]
Entomology
Setaceous
bristle-shaped: slender, gradually tapering to a tip.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of setaceous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of setaceous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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