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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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