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Setose

Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

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    Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

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bristlyCovered with bristles.
denselyIn a dense manner.
sparselyIn a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
setaceousOf, relating to, or resembling a seta or bristle; bristly.
setiferousHaving bristles; bristly.
setulousAlternative form of setulose. [Having small bristles or setae.]
bristledverbHaving bristles
bristlingnounThe act of one who bristles.
thicksetnoun(uncountable, historical) A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
bristlelikenounResembling or characteristic of a bristle.
hirsutenoun(rare) Someone or something that is hirsute.
hispidnoun(obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs.
chaetic(zoology) Having long thick hairs or bristles.
setoussetose
verriculate(zoology) Having verricules (thick tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches).
flockedverb(of Christmas trees) Covered with artificial snow.
echinatenoun(botany) A bristly grain or pollen
sericeousnounOf or relating to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
hispidatedbristly
pileous(comparable) Covered with hair; hairy.

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