"seta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːtə/ Forms: setas [plural], setae [plural], setæ [plural]
Etymology: From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|seta}} Latin seta, {{doublet|en|soy|t1=silk}} Doublet of soy (“silk”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|setae|setæ}} seta (plural setas or setae or setæ)
  1. A bristle or hair Categories (topical): Hair Translations (bristle or hair): четина (četina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), harjas (Finnish), karva (Finnish), suka (Finnish), cerda [feminine] (Portuguese), seta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-seta-en-noun-phlVZtZG Disambiguation of Hair: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'bristle or hair': 98 2
  2. (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (stalk of a moss sporangium): seta [feminine] (Catalan), sukanen (Finnish), setă [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-seta-en-noun-UaOrGs64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 36 64 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 35 65 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 34 66 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 34 66 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'stalk of a moss sporangium': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: microseta, setation

Inflected forms

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}

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