Meanings
plural setas · plural setae · plural setæ
- A bristle or hair.
The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.
1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volumes 31-32, page 83 - biologyThe stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinseta
- Englishseta
From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).
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Bulgarian четина
- четина (četina)bristle or hair
Catalan seta
- setastalk of a moss sporangium
Finnish harjas, karva
- harjasbristle or hair
- karvabristle or hair
- sukabristle or hair
- sukanenstalk of a moss sporangium
Portuguese cerda
- cerdabristle or hair
Romanian setă
- setăstalk of a moss sporangium
Swedish seta
- setabristle or hair
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seta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seta
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