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se·ta

(sē′tə)

n. pl. se·tae (-tē)

1. A stiff hair, bristle, or bristlelike process or part on an organism, especially an invertebrate.

2. The stalk of a moss or liverwort capsule.

[Latin saeta, sēta, bristle.]

se′tal (sēt′l) adj.

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seta

(ˈsiːtə)

n, pl -tae (-tiː)

1. (Biology) (in invertebrates and some plants) any bristle or bristle-like appendage

2. (Botany) (in mosses) the stalk of the sporophyte that bears the capsule

[C18: from Latin]

setaceous adj

seˈtaceously adv

ˈsetal adj

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se•ta

(ˈsi tə)

n., pl. -tae (-tē).

a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.

[1785–95; < Latin sēta, saeta bristle]

se′tal, adj.

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

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