Definition of seta

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

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Peseta :: Peseta (n.) A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos..
Gymnocopa :: Gymnocopa (n. pl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages..
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..
Setae :: Setae (pl. ) of Set.
Perichaetous :: Perichaetous (a.) Surrounded by setae; -- said of certain earthworms (genus Perichaetus).
Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf..
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..
Chaetiferous :: Chaetiferous (a.) Bearing setae.
Trichophore :: Trichophore (n.) One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
Setiform :: Setiform (a.) Having the form or structure of setae.
Equisetaceous :: Equisetaceous (a.) Belonging to the Equisetaceae, or Horsetail family..
Pteridophyta :: Pteridophyta (n. pl.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia..
Isosporic :: Isosporic (a.) Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic..
Equiseta :: Equiseta (pl. ) of Equisetu.
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..
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..
Sea Mouse :: Sea mouse () A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides..
Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..
Setiparous :: Setiparous (a.) Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
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