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setal

setal adjective: of, pertaining to, or having setae.

Adjective

setal (comparative more setal, superlative most setal)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having setae
    • 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

setal meaning in Tamil

setal in Tamil

சிலிர்முள்ளுக்குரிய

Forms of setal

comparativemore setal
superlativemost setal

Origin of setal

From seta + -al.

Words formed from setal

Questions about setal

What does setal mean?
Setal means of, pertaining to, or having setae.
What is setal in Tamil?
Setal in Tamil is சிலிர்முள்ளுக்குரிய. See Setal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is setal?
Setal is an adjective.

Words near setal in the dictionary

  1. setaceous Hebrew character
  2. setaceous Hebrew characters
  3. setaceously
  4. setae
  5. Setagaya
  6. setal
  7. setaphyte
  8. setar
  9. setars
  10. setas
  11. setaside

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: setal (page history and authors); setal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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