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seta |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seta \Se"ta\, n.; pl {Set[ae]}. [L. seta, saeta, a bristle.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: seta n 1: stalk of a moss capsule 2: a stiff hair or bristle From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SETA Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance
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