setose
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se·tose
(sē′tōs′)adj.
Having setae or bristles.
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setose
(ˈsiːtəʊs) orsetous
adj
(Biology) biology covered with setae; bristly
[C17: from Latin saetōsus, from saeta a bristle]
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se•tose
(ˈsi toʊs, sɪˈtoʊs)adj.
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
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| Adj. | 1. |  setose - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, setaceous, spiny, thorny, prickly, bristly, barbed armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns |
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