seta
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/ˈsiːtə/
Definition of seta
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
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The 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[…]”
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Etymology
From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).
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