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View synonyms for setaceous
setaceous
[ si-tey-shuhs ]
adjective
- bristlelike; bristle-shaped.
- having bristles.
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Other Words From
- se·taceous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of setaceous1
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Example Sentences
Calyx deeply 5-cleft or parted; its lobes elongated setaceous-acuminate or aristiform.
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The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.
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Nostrils basal, oval, open, covered externally with incumbent setaceous feathers.
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The nostrils round and bare; the base of the bill has a few weak setaceous hairs.
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Shell ovate-conical, brownish olive; whorls armed with porrect tubular spines, enclosing setaceous bristles.
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