setaceous
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Leaves all submersed and similar, mostly membranaceous and sessile, linear or setaceous.
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 Gray, Asa
Spinous-radiate: beset with spines in a circle, either concatenate, united at their bases, or setaceous, like bristles.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
The teeth are disposed on the jaws in rather broad villiform bands, the individual teeth being setaceous and erect.
Nostrils basal, simple, round, situated near the margin, the base with a few short incumbent setaceous feathers.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
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 Swainson, William
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