setae

Noun

The word is derived from seta

Meaning

of Seta

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

In lower food concentrations, the feeding basket is pushed through the water for over half a metre in an opened position, and then the algae are combed to the mouth opening with special setae (bristles) on the inner side of the thoracopods. Source: Internet

The spatula-shaped setae arranged in lamellae on gecko footpads enable attractive van der Waals' forces between the β-keratin lamellae/setae/spatulae structures and the surface. Source: Internet

These measures include having spiny bristles or long fine hair-like setae with detachable tips that will irritate by lodging in the skin or mucous membranes. Source: Internet

The setae on the feet of geckos are also self-cleaning and will usually remove any clogging dirt within a few steps. Source: Internet

Uroplatus fimbriatus clinging to glass Use of small van der Waals attraction force requires very large surface areas: every square millimeter of a gecko's footpad contains about 14,000 hair-like setae. Source: Internet

In others, such as Echiurus, there are also further setae near the posterior end of the animal. Source: Internet

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