Definition of "seta" [‖Se•ta]

• Biology A stiff hair, bristle, or bristlelike process or part on an organism. (noun)
• Biology The stalk of a moss capsule. (noun)

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• "We discovered that the seta is 10 times more adhesive than predicted from prior measurement on whole animals."
• "The seta is short, the capsule being usually raised upon the archegoniophore."
• "In the Jubuloideae, which in other respects form a well-marked group, the seta is short and the elaters extend from the upper part of the capsule to the base; at dehiscence they remain fixed to the valves into which the capsule splits."