Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
setiferous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setæ; setiferous; ; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Covered with
bristles ; having or bearing aseta or setae.
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Examples
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On the abdomen six pairs of powerful biramose natatory feet with long setae have been formed beneath the Nauplius-skin, and behind these are two short, setigerous caudal appendages (Figure 58).
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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Subclass Cirripedia, 'I found in the shell of this Cirripede, a blood-red Annelide, with a short, flat body, about half an inch long and two lines in breadth, with twenty-five body-segments, and without projecting setigerous tubercles or jointed cirri.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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December 19, 2023