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What does setaceous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word setaceous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling a bristle or bristles; bristly
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The antenn are about an inch long, slender, setaceous, and gradually diminishing from the base to the extremities.
The grasshoppers with setaceous antenn have four tarsal joints.
Continuing in this way, the stylets work like a push drill that penetrates the host skin with the toothed tip region, and the sclerotised, setaceous inner edge possibly widens the puncture wound.
Yet insects that have filiform or setaceous antenn appear often to use them for exploring.
The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.
On dry hills a close tufted grass, with setaceous leaves, and in rich soils creeping and luxuriant with broad leaves.

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