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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Giving rise to setæ producing bristles: applied to certain organs of annelids.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Producing setæ; -- said of the organs from which the setæ of annelids arise.

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  • adjective zoology Producing setae.

Etymologies

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seta + Latin papere to produce.

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