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setula

[ sech-uh-luh ]

noun

, Botany, Zoology.
, plural set·u·lae [sech, -, uh, -lee].
  1. a short, blunt seta.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of setula1

1820–30; < New Latin sētula; seta, -ule

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Example Sentences

Setula: a small stiff bristle or seta: in Diptera, the small thorn at the end of the subcosta.

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