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

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

Setiform :: Setiform (a.) Having the form or structure of setae.

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

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

Setae :: Setae (pl. ) of Set.

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

Chaetiferous :: Chaetiferous (a.) Bearing setae.

Equiseta :: Equiseta (pl. ) of Equisetu.

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.

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

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

Millet :: Millet (n.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica..

Mousetail :: Mousetail (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse..

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..

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..

Chaetopoda :: Chaetopoda (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species..

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..

Setigerous :: Setigerous (a.) Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle..

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

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