setaceous

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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

Bisetose -ous: with two bristle-like or setaceous appendages.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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

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.

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 Gray, Asa