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Setose

Setose \Se*tose"\, Setous \Se"tous\, a. [L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. s['e]teux.] Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

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setose

a. Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

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setose

adj. 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" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, spiny, thorny]

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A bewildering tangle of piping, cables, and conduits coursed in all directions, winding through multi-storied forests of parabolic antennae, conical arrays, and setose projections.