seta
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seta
- /ˈsiːtə/
Sounds like seater
Where it comes from
From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).
noun setas · setae · setæ
- 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.
- 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[…]
Translations
Talk about this word "seta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. seta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seta "seta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seta.Cite this
@misc{seta_2026,
title = {seta},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seta},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
