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

When the setigerous joint is larger than the preceding one, and globose.

From Project Gutenberg

Differing from the other species here described in having nine setigerous thoracic somites.

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First branchia on each side attached to second somite just in front and mesad of the first setigerous tubercle.

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The first bifid neuropodial lobes appear on the twenty-first setigerous segment.

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A characteristic feature of the species is the presence of ten setigerous thoracic somites.

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