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Definition of seta

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Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..

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Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.

Polychaeta :: Polychaeta (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia.

Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..

Horsetail :: Horsetail (n.) A Turkish standard, denoting rank..

Perichaetous :: Perichaetous (a.) Surrounded by setae; -- said of certain earthworms (genus Perichaetus).

Setiparous :: Setiparous (a.) Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.

Trichophore :: Trichophore (n.) One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise.

Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf..

Horsetail :: Horsetail (n.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum..

Aphrodite :: Aphrodite (n.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse..

Gephyrea :: Gephyrea (n. pl.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae..

Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form..

Joint-fir :: "Joint-fir (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California..

Sea Mouse :: Sea mouse () A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides..

Peseta :: Peseta (n.) A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos..

Setae :: Setae (pl. ) of Set.

Setulose :: Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.

Equisetum :: Equisetum (n.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails..

Moha :: Moha (n.) A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.

Equiseta :: Equiseta (pl. ) of Equisetu.