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What is the noun for setal?

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seta
  1. A bristle or hair
  2. (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “If this is the case, setal morphology would have a greater effect on force of adhesion than surface chemistry of the seta or substrate.”
      “Using new microelectromechanical systems force measurement techniques, Autumn et al. measured the force production of a single gecko seta.”
      “A single seta of the tokay gecko is approximately 100 microns in length and 5 microns in diameter.”
setas
setae
  1. plural of seta
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    1. “Spiders, however, have a different adhesive structure at the tip of each leg, formed from a dense aggregation of miniature hairs called setae.”
      “Branchiopod characters include endites with setae turned backwards, the elongation of the telson, and its fluke-shaped rami.”
      “Forelius sp. 1 is apparently an undescribed species, distinguishable from Forelius maccooki by the lack of erect setae on the antennal scapes.”
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