seta

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds. Source: opted

4. n. stalk of a moss capsule Source: wordnet

5. n. a stiff hair or bristle Source: wordnet

6. 1. (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. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds. Source: webster

7. Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; asthe hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, thehairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on theleaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss. Source: adambom

8. n. stalk of a moss capsule n. a stiff hair or bristle Source: ecdict

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