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Meaning of seta | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsiːtə

Definitions

  1. A bristle or hair.
  2. The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.

Equivalents

Bosanski seta šeta
Čeština štět
Suomi harjas karva suka sukanen
Français seta
Hrvatski seta šeta
Italiano seta
Português cerda seta
Română setă
Српски seta šeta
Svenska seta

Examples

“The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.”
“The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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