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setula

American

[sech-uh-luh] / ˈsɛtʃ ə lə /

Also setule

noun

Botany, Zoology.

a short, blunt seta.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

setulae

plural

Etymology

Origin of setula

1820–30; < New Latin sētula; see seta, -ule

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