(in invertebrates and some plants) any bristle or bristle-like appendage
2.
(in mosses) the stalk of the sporophyte that bears the capsule
Derived forms
setaceous (sɪˈteɪʃəs)
adjective
setaceously (seˈtaceously)
adverb
setal (ˈsetal)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from Latin
Examples of 'setae' in a sentence
setae
This undulating peristome edge may reflect the position of setae at the tube aperture.
Olev Vinn, Emilia Jarochowska, Axel Munnecke 2014, 'A new species of Conchicolites (Cornulitida, Tentaculita) from the Wenlock of Gotland,Sweden', Estonian Journal of Earth Scienceshttp://www.kirj.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2014/issue_3/earth-2014-3-181-185.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The tips of the palpi bore three larger and longer sensory setae.
M.L. Turner 2006, 'Micromorphology of the springbok louse Damalinia (Tricholipeurus) antidorcusfound at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve near Pretoria, South Africa', Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Sciencehttps://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/106. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The presence of fertile setae also could be seen on foliar lesions of ramulosis.
Maria Aparecida de Souza Tanaka, José Otavio Machado Menten, José da Cruz Machado 1996, 'Hábito de crescimento de Colletotrichum gossypii e C. gossypii var. Cephalosporioidesem sementes de algodoeiro Growth habit of Colletotrichum gossypii and C. Gossypiivar. Cephalosporioides on cotton seeds', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87051996000100011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most of them produced perithecia (sterile and fertile) and some produced setae (sterile and fertile).
Ana Maria Queijeiro Lopez, John Alexander Lucas 2010, 'Colletotrichum isolates related to Anthracnose of cashew trees in Brazil: morphologicaland molecular description using LSU rDNA sequences', Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132010000400001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hypotheses about the origin of the adhesive setae and their diversification throughout evolution are provided.
Jonas O Wolff, Wolfgang Nentwig, Stanislav N Gorb 2013, 'The great silk alternative: multiple co-evolution of web loss and sticky hairs inspiders.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641104?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microscopical analysis demonstrated this activity to be located exclusively on the setae of the cells.
Mirta Smodlaka Tanković, Ana Baričević, Ingrid Ivančić, Nataša Kužat, Nikola Medić,Emina Pustijanac, Tihana Novak, Blaženka Gašparović, Daniela Marić Pfannkuchen, MartinPfannkuchen 2018, 'Insights into the life strategy of the common marine diatom Chaetoceros peruvianusBrightwell.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6135401?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Males of some species have special setae on rostrum, antennal scape and mesotarsus.
Jens Prena, Runzhi Zhang 2014, 'A taxonomic revision of Parallelodemas Faust from South China (Coleoptera, Curculionidae,Baridinae), with notes on sexually dimorphic characters', Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrifthttp://dez.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4077. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)