Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small seta; a little bristle; a setule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small, short
hair orbristle ; a smallseta .
Etymologies
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Latin setula, saetula, diminutive of seta, saeta, bristle.
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Examples
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(‘Pluvianus armatus’ of Burchell) has so much of a metallic ring, that this bird is called “setula-tsipi”, or hammering-iron.
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