seta

noun — 2 senses

seta

noun

/ˈsiːtə/

Etymology From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).

1

A bristle or hair.

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.1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volumes 31-32, page 83:

2

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.

The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:

Derived terms: macroseta, microseta, neuroseta, setal, setation, setiferous, setigerous

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