setula

 [sech-uh-luh]  

set·u·la

   [sech-uh-luh]
noun, plural set·u·lae  [-lee] . Botany, Zoology.
a short, blunt seta.
Also, set·ule  [sech-ool] .

Origin:
1820–30; < Neo-Latin sētula; see seta, -ule
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