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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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Foxtail :: Foxtail (n.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria..

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

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

Setula :: Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta..

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

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..

Seta :: 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..

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.

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..

Calamite :: Calamite (n.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite..

Chaetiferous :: Chaetiferous (a.) Bearing setae.

Setiger :: Setiger (n.) An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.

Setae :: Setae (pl. ) of Set.

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..

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

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

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..

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