Crossword clues for setae
setae
- Kin of vibrissae
- Bristlelike parts
- Plant parts
- Plant bristles
- Botanical bristles
- Stiff bristles
- Gecko's grippers
- Spiders' sensors, e.g
- Slender spines
- Hairlike parts, such as those that help geckos cling to walls
- Hairbrush bristles
- Caterpillar's bristles
- Bristly hairs
- Bristles: Bot
- Bristles, to a biologist
- Bristles, biologically
- Bristles, in biology
- Caterpillar hairs, e.g
- Stiff hairs or bristles, such as on caterpillars
- Biological bristles
- Caterpillar features
- Hairs on a caterpillar, e.g
- Caterpillar bristles
- Gripping parts of gecko footpads
- Caterpillar parts
- Coarse, stiff hairs
- Podetia
- Bristlelike organs
- Porcupine's defense
- Caterpillars' hairs
- Plants' coarse hairs
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seta \Se"ta\ (s[=e]"t[.a]), n.; pl. Set[ae] (s[=e]"t[=e]). [L. seta, saeta, a bristle.]
(Biol.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss.
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(Zo["o]l.)
One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form.
One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of seta English)
WordNet
n. stalk of a moss capsule
a stiff hair or bristle
[also: setae (pl)]
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