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Definitions for setaceous
sɪˈteɪ ʃəsse·ta·ceous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

  1. setaceousadjective

    of, relating to, or resembling a bristle or bristles; bristly

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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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  1. 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

  1. Setaceousadjective

    set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail

  2. Setaceousadjective

    bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf

  3. Etymology: [L. seta a bristle: cf. F. stac.]

Entomology

  1. Setaceous

    bristle-shaped: slender, gradually tapering to a tip.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of setaceous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of setaceous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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