Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fringed or setose leg of an aquatic insect, serving as an oar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology, dated, rare A
swimming leg (of aninsect ) having afringe ofhairs on themargin .
Etymologies
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seta + Latin remus an oar.
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