setaceous

Many moths are christened only in Latin, but the lovely vernacular names, Joe said, date from the seventeenth century: one species that flocked to our trap that night was the relatively common setaceous hebrew character, so named to denote the hieroglyphic on its forewing.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Many moths are christened only in Latin, but the lovely vernacular names, Joe said, date from the seventeenth century: one species that flocked to our trap that night was the relatively common setaceous hebrew character, so named to denote the hieroglyphic on its forewing.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

THYSANOTUS ELATIOR was again found here; and a shrubby CRUCIFEROUS plant, quite woody at the base, with very narrow linear setaceous pinnatifid leaves,173 and linear curved torulose silicules.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

The _leaf-blade_ is linear-lanceolate, rigid, erect, acuminate with a setaceous tip, nearly smooth, varying in length from 6 to 20 inches and in breadth from 1/6 to 2/3 inch.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

Ravens, quails, _minas_, sparrows, and a beautiful swallow were seen about the Soorkhab river; the latter, with metallic blue on the back of the head, crown of head tawny, tail short, two exterior feathers elongated into beautiful almost setaceous bodies, exceeding the length of the bird.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

Bisetose - ous: with two bristle-like or setaceous appendages.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Head globose; antennæ longer than the body, and very slender and setaceous; the prothorax forming a slender neck; the anterior wings with one marginal and three submarginal cells; the femora slightly incrassate, not denticulate; the tarsi 5-jointed.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

Antennæ setaceous, simple, very slender, full half the length of the body.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

The dill is an annual plant, "with finely striated stems, usually one foot to one foot and a half in height, pinnate leaves with setaceous linear segments, and yellow flowers" (Enc. Bib.).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868