setaceous
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Antennæ setaceous, simple, very slender, full half the length of the body.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
The teeth are disposed on the jaws in rather broad villiform bands, the individual teeth being setaceous and erect.
Bisetose -ous: with two bristle-like or setaceous appendages.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Glabrous throughout, erect, branching; leaflets 3–9, linear to oblong; spikes globose, the subulate setaceous bracts much shorter than the acutely toothed calyx, petals white.—Kan. to Tex.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Nostrils basal, oval, open, covered externally with incumbent setaceous feathers.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson