seta

/ˈsidə/
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Other forms: setae

Definitions of seta
  1. noun
    a stiff hair or bristle
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    types:
    chaeta
    a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm
    type of:
    hair
    a filamentous projection or process on an organism
  2. noun
    stalk of a moss capsule
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    type of:
    podetium
    an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
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