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Look up: seta

  1. seta
    1. In nematodes: Elongated cuticular structures articulating with the cuticle; in general, tactile sensory organs usually located around the oral openings. 2. In fungi: A bristle-like structure in some types of fruiting bodies. (Pl. setae.)
    Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary

  2. Seta
    (Spanish) wild mushrooms
    Found on http://www.softdoc.es/madrid_guide/eatin

  3. Seta
    A stiff hair; in fungi a bristle-like or hair-like structures occurring in certain fruiting bodies (eg. in acervuli) and on certain spores.
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  4. seta
    [n] - stalk of a moss capsule 2. [n] - a stiff hair or bristle
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Seta
    Se'ta noun ; plural Setæ . [ Latin seta , saeta , a bristle.] 1. (Biol.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss. 2. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/76

  6. seta
    A bristle or stiff hair. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. seta
    noun a stiff hair or bristle
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Seta
    In zoology, a `seta` (pl. `setae`) is a stiff hair, bristle, or bristle-like process, especially those of invertebrates. *Setae help earthworms attach to the surface and prevent backsliding during peristaltic motion. These hairs are what make it difficult to pull a worm straight from the ground. *Setae on the legs of krill help them to gather phytoplankton. *Setae on their footpads are responsible for the gecko's ability to cling to vertical sur...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seta

  9. SETA
    `SETA` (Seksuaalinen Tasavertaisuus RY, Sexual Equality) is the main LGBT rights organisation in Finland. The current President of Finland, Tarja Halonen was a chairwoman of SETA before her presidency. This caused few confusions about her sexual orientation, even leading to one run-in with the Westboro Baptist Church. However, SETA was not established as a `gay organization`, but as a `organization for gay rights`, and the human rights lawyer Hal...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETA

  10. Seta
    • (n.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form. • (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds. • (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ o...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. seta
    [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/69

  12. seta
    seta (s), setae (pl) 1. A bristle-like structure. 2. A hair, bristle, or scale of insects.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. seta
    A bristle or a slender, stiff, bristle-like structure. Syn: chaeta [L. saeta or seta, a stiff hair or bristle]
    Found on

  14. seta
    1. stalk of a moss capsule
    2. a stiff hair or bristle

    Found on

  15. SETA
    (Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts) Theory and attempts to find and detect the handiwork of extraterrestrial intelligence within the solar system. The term was coined by Robert Freitas and Francisco Valdes in the early 1980s and applied initially to the search for extraterre...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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