seta

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Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
4
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈsiːtə/

Definition of seta

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.”
  2. 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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