Definition of seta

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Seta (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.

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Equisetum :: Equisetum (n.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails..
Setiparous :: Setiparous (a.) Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf..
Moha :: Moha (n.) A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.
Equiseta :: Equiseta (pl. ) of Equisetu.
Polychaeta :: Polychaeta (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia.
Gephyrea :: Gephyrea (n. pl.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae..
Setulose :: Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.
Seta :: Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..
Horsetail :: Horsetail (n.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum..
Setiform :: Setiform (a.) Having the form or structure of setae.
Horsetail :: Horsetail (n.) A Turkish standard, denoting rank..
Mousetail :: Mousetail (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse..
Gymnocopa :: Gymnocopa (n. pl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages..
Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
Trichophore :: Trichophore (n.) One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
Aplacophora :: Aplacophora (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates..
Setiger :: Setiger (n.) An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.
Setigerous :: Setigerous (a.) Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle..
Setae :: Setae (pl. ) of Set.
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