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se·ta
\ˈsēd.ə\ noun
(plural se·tae \ˈsēd.(ˌ)ē, ˈsēˌtē\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin seta, saeta bristle — more at sinew
: any of numerous slender typically rigid or bristly and springy organs or parts of animals or plants: as
a. : one of the hairs of a caterpillar
b. : a slender spine on the carapace of a crustacean
c. : one of the organelles in the form of processes of fused cilia that function in the movement of various ciliated protozoans
d. : the slender stalk of the sporogonium of a bryophyte
e. : one of the stalked glands on plants of the genus Rubus
f. : the bristle in the utricle of some plants of the genus Carex
g. : one of the chitinous often complex bristles that project from the body wall or from parapodia of chaetopod annelid worms and assist in locomotion
h. : one of the spiny feathers about the base of the bill of various birds : rictal bristle
i. : the slender maxilla of various insects with piercing or sucking mouthparts |