What does seta mean?
Seta means A bristle or hair..
Seta
/ˈsiːtə/ · noun
Meaning
A bristle or hair..
Definitions by Sense
- A bristle or hair.
- (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
Example Sentences
The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.
The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]
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- setas
- setae
- setæ
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The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.
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