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setose

setose adjective: thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Adjective

setose (comparative more setose, superlative most setose)

  1. Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Forms of setose

comparativemore setose
superlativemost setose
alternative formsetous

Origin of setose

Latin setosus, saetosus, from seta (“bristle”), saeta (“bristle”).

Words formed from setose

Questions about setose

What does setose mean?
Setose means thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
What part of speech is setose?
Setose is an adjective.

Words near setose in the dictionary

  1. Setomaa
  2. seton
  3. setons
  4. setoperone
  5. Setos
  6. setose
  7. setosely
  8. setosity
  9. Setouchi
  10. setous
  11. setout

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