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setæ

setæ is the plural of seta.

Meaning of seta

Noun

seta (plural setas or setae or setæ)

  1. A bristle or hair.
    • The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volumes 31-32, page 83
  2. The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
    • The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6

Questions about setæ

What is setæ the plural of?
Setæ is the plural of seta.

Words near setæ in the dictionary

  1. setwise
  2. setwork
  3. setworks
  4. Setzer
  5. Setzers
  6. setæ
  7. Setúbal
  8. SEU
  9. Seubert
  10. Seuberts
  11. seudah

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