setaceous
Adjective Satellite
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
- "setaceous whiskers"
Adj
- Of, relating to, or resembling a seta or bristle; bristly.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin sētāceus, from sēta (“bristle”) + -āceus.
Synonyms
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, spiny, thorny
Scrabble Score: 11
setaceous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsetaceous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
setaceous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary