set-, seto-, seti- +

(Latin: bristle [short stiff hair on an animal or plant, or a mass of short stiff hairs growing; especially, on a hog's back or a man's face])

bisetose

Having two bristles.

seta (s), setae (pl)

1. A bristle-like structure.
2. A hair, bristle, or scale of insects.

setaceous

1. Having or covered with protective barbs, quills, spines, thorns, or setae, etc.
2. Bristle-like; bristle-shaped; having bristles; such as, a setaceous moth.
3. Resembling bristles or a bristle: "So many men these days appear with setaceous whiskers."

setiferous, setigerous

1. Producing, or having one or more, bristles.
2. A description of an organism that has bristles or projections that resemble bristles.
3. Bearing bristles; covered with bristles.

setiform

1. Shaped like a seta or bristle.
2. Bristle-shaped; setaceous.

setiparous

Producing setae or bristles.

setirostral

Birds with beak bristles.

setose

Covered with setae or bristles; bristly.

setous

Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

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(Latin: bristle [short stiff hair on an animal or plant, or a mass of short stiff hairs growing; especially, on a hog's back or a man's face])

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