SETA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin seta, a bristle.] 1. Bristly; set with strong hairs; consisting of strong hairs; as a stiff setaceous tail. 2. In botany, bristle-shaped; having the thickness and length of a bristle; as a setaceous seaf or leaflet. Setaceous worm, a name given to a water worm that resembles a horse hair, vulgarly supposed to be an animated hair. But this is a mistake.
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