SETA (setae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: setae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does seta mean? 

• SETA (noun)
  The noun SETA has 2 senses:

1. stalk of a moss capsule

2. a stiff hair or bristle

  Familiarity information: SETA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SETA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stalk of a moss capsule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("seta" is a kind of...):

podetium (an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A stiff hair or bristle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("seta" is a kind of...):

hair (a filamentous projection or process on an organism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seta"):

chaeta (a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm)

Derivation:

setaceous (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.)