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setigerous

setigerous adjective: covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae.

Adjective

setigerous (comparative more setigerous, superlative most setigerous)

  1. Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae.
    • setigerous glands
    • a setigerous segment of an annelid
    Synonyms:
    setiferous

Synonyms of setigerous

Forms of setigerous

comparativemore setigerous
superlativemost setigerous

Origin of setigerous

From seta + -gerous.

Words that rhyme with setigerous

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Questions about setigerous

What does setigerous mean?
Setigerous means covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae.
What part of speech is setigerous?
Setigerous is an adjective.

Words near setigerous in the dictionary

  1. Setians
  2. Setien
  3. setiferous
  4. setiform
  5. setiger
  6. setigerous
  7. setigers
  8. setim
  9. setiparous
  10. setiptiline
  11. setireme

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