seta — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A bristle or hair.

   Examples

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   The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.

2. The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.

   Examples

   The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]

Noun

1. stalk of a moss capsule

   Broader terms

   podetium

2. a stiff hair or bristle

   Broader terms

   hair