setaceous

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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

Grain oblong, adnate.—Low annuals, with short setaceous leaves.

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

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

Above brown, spotted with sulphur; beneath sulphureous, with black spots; head and chin black; feathers of the breast lengthened, and ending in long setaceous hairs.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel