Meaning of seta | Babel Free
ˈsiːtəDefinitions
- A bristle or hair.
- The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
Equivalents
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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