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setose

[see-tohs, si-tohs]

adjective

  1. covered with setae or bristles; bristly.



setose

/ ˈsiːtəʊs /

adjective

  1. biology covered with setae; bristly

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Word History and Origins

Origin of setose1

From the Latin word sētōsus, dating back to 1655–65. See seta, -ose 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of setose1

C17: from Latin saetōsus, from saeta a bristle
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Example Sentences

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Achenes obovoid or oblong, attached obliquely at or near the base; pappus setose or partly chaffy or none.—Herbs with alternate leaves and single heads.

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In Compositae besides the involucre there are frequently chaffy and setose bracts at the base of each flower, and in Dipsacaceae a membranous tube surrounds each flower.

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Legs short, rather slender; fore femora somewhat setose beneath.

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The body is clothed with long setose cilia which are frequently fully outstretched when the animal is resting, a slight tremor of the large membrane alone indicating vitality.

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Back of cell with a broad central band and two narrower bands branching from it on each side; surface of spaces left uncovered by the bands on the back beset with scattered, long setose spines.

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