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setae


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  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. 




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