Setaceous \Se*ta"ceous\ (s[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. seta a
bristle: cf. F. s['e]tac['e].]
1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a
stiff, setaceous tail.
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2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a
setaceous leaf.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
setaceous
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, setose,
spiny, thorny]
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