setaceous

setaceous
adjective
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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a horse with a short bristly mane

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bristly shrubs

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burred fruits

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setaceous whiskers

Syn:
barbed, ↑barbellate, ↑briary, ↑briery, ↑bristled, ↑bristly, ↑burred, ↑burry, ↑prickly, ↑setose, ↑spiny, ↑thorny
Similar to: ↑armed
Derivationally related forms:
thorniness (for: ↑thorny), ↑thorn (for: ↑thorny), ↑spininess (for: ↑spiny), ↑seta, ↑prickle (for: ↑prickly), ↑prickliness (for: ↑prickly), ↑burr (for: ↑burry), ↑bristliness (for: ↑bristly), ↑bristle (for: ↑bristly), ↑briar (for: ↑briary), ↑barbel (for: ↑barbellate)

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  • setaceous — adj. [L. seta, bristle] Bristlelike, slender …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • setaceous — setaceously, adv. /si tay sheuhs/, adj. 1. bristlelike; bristle shaped. 2. having bristles. [1655 65; < NL setaceus. See SETA, ACEOUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • setaceous — adjective of, relating to, or resembling a bristle or bristles; bristly …   Wiktionary

  • setaceous — 1. Having bristles. 2. Resembling a bristle. [L. seta, a bristle] * * * se·ta·ceous (se taґshəs) [L. setaceus, from seta bristle] slender and rigid, like a bristle …   Medical dictionary

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