setaceous
Americanadjective
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bristlelike; bristle-shaped.
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having bristles.
Other Word Forms
- setaceously adverb
Etymology
Origin of setaceous
From the New Latin word sētāceus, dating back to 1655–65. See seta, -aceous
Example Sentences
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Grain oblong, adnate.—Low annuals, with short setaceous leaves.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Antennæ setaceous, simple, very slender, full half the length of the body.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Nostrils basal, simple, round, situated near the margin, the base with a few short incumbent setaceous feathers.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Nostrils basal, oval, open, covered externally with incumbent setaceous feathers.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.
From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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