se·ta·ceous

(sĭ-tā′shəs)

adj.

1. Having or consisting of bristles; bristly: a setaceous moth.

2. Resembling bristles or a bristle: setaceous whiskers.

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se•ta•ceous

(sɪˈteɪ ʃəs)

adj.

1. bristlelike.

2. having bristles.

[1655–65; < New Latin sētāceus. See seta, -aceous]

se•ta′ceous•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

setaceous - 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"

barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, setose, spiny, thorny, prickly, bristly, barbed

armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

Translations

borstig

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