Dictionary Definition
setaceous adj : having or covered with protective
barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a
short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
whiskers" [syn: barbed,
barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, spiny, thorny]
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃəs