setigerous

[ si-tij-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. having setae or bristles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of setigerous¹

1650–60; < Latin sētiger bristle-bearing + -ous; seti-, -gerous

Example Sentences

Setigerous: bearing setae or bristles; e.g. punctures.

From Project Gutenberg

To-day as I was opening a specimen of Lepas anatifera in order to compare the animal with the description in Darwin's 'Monograph on the Subclass Cirripedia,' I found in the shell of this Cirripede, a blood-red Annelide, with a short, flat body, about half an inch long and two lines in breadth, with twenty-five body-segments, and without projecting setigerous tubercles or jointed cirri.

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