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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SETOSE; SETOUS

Se *tose ", Se "tous, a. Etym: [L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. séteux.]

 

Defn: Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

setose

se tose |ˈsēˌtōs ˈsitoʊs | ▶adjective chiefly Zoology bearing bristles or setae; bristly. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin seta ‘bristle ’ + -ose 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

setose

setose |ˈsiːtəʊs, -z | ▶adjective chiefly Zoology bearing bristles or setae; bristly. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin seta ‘bristle ’ + -ose 1 .