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Meaning of 'setaceous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Setaceous [ a.]
- Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.
- Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.

Meaning of 'setaceous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . setaceous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Example in sentence:
  • a horse with a short bristly mane;
  • bristly shrubs;
  • burred fruits;
  • setaceous whiskers

Nearby Words:

set set-fair set-off set-stitched set-to seta setae setback setbolt setdown

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