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setigerous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
setiger-ous
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From seta + -gerous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more setigerous (comparative) most setigerous (superlative)

Synonyms

setiferous

Rhymes With

dentigerous armigerous plumigerous ovigerous proligerous cornigerous coralligerous pupigerous calcigerous cirrigerous lanigerous ramigerous

Questions

What does setigerous mean?
Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae.
Where does setigerous come from?
From seta + -gerous.

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