'Setaceous' definitions:

Definition of 'setaceous'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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, setaceous, spiny, thorny]

Definition of 'Setaceous'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf. [1913 Webster]

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