Setose

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Setose \Se*tose"\, Setous \Se"tous\, a. [L. setosus, saetosus,
     from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. s['e]teux.]
     Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  setose
       adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
             or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
             mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
             whiskers" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briary}, {briery},
              {bristled}, {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setaceous},
              {spiny}, {thorny}]