setiferous
/siːˈtɪfəɹəs/
setiferous adjective: having bristles; bristly.
Adjective
setiferous (comparative more setiferous, superlative most setiferous)
- Having bristles; bristly.
- Synonyms:
- chaetophorous, setaceous, setigerous
setiferous meaning in Tamil
setiferous in Tamil
- தடித்த கட்டை முன் மயிரினையுடைய
Synonyms of setiferous
Forms of setiferous
| comparative | more setiferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most setiferous |
Origin of setiferous
1828, from Latin sēta (“bristle”) + -iferous (“bearing”).
Words that rhyme with setiferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about setiferous
- What does setiferous mean?
- Setiferous means having bristles; bristly.
- What is setiferous in Tamil?
- Setiferous in Tamil is தடித்த கட்டை முன் மயிரினையுடைய. See Setiferous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is setiferous?
- Setiferous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce setiferous?
- Setiferous is pronounced /siːˈtɪfəɹəs/.
Words near setiferous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: setiferous (page history and authors); setiferous (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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