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setulose

setulose adjective: having small bristles or setae.

Adjective

setulose (comparative more setulose, superlative most setulose)

  1. Having small bristles or setae.
    • Hall (1933) pointed out that the diagnostic characters of this homogeneous genus were the setulose fifth vein and the long bristles on the cheeks.1938, Harold C. Hallock, “New Sarcophaginae (Diptera)”, in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, volume 40, number 4, page 96

Forms of setulose

comparativemore setulose
superlativemost setulose

Questions about setulose

What does setulose mean?
Setulose means having small bristles or setae.
What part of speech is setulose?
Setulose is an adjective.

Words near setulose in the dictionary

  1. setulae
  2. setulate
  3. setule
  4. setules
  5. setuliform
  6. setulose
  7. setulous
  8. setumah
  9. setumahs
  10. setumot
  11. setumoth

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