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cetaceous, setaceous
cetaceous (si TAY shuhs) (adjective)
Descriptive of any of a number of large marine mammals with long bodies, fins, and hairless bodies: The whale is among the largest of the cetaceous mammals in the sea.
setaceous (si TAY shuhs) (adjective)
A reference to objects consisting of or made with bristles: The curry brush for the horse was setaceous with bristles from pigs.
Whalebone is the horny substance from the upper jaw of a cetaceous mammal. It is used to stiffen fabric for the clothing of women, and it might also have been used for the setaceous construction of industrial brushes.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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setaceous (adjective), more setaceous, most setaceous
1. Having or covered with protective barbs, quills, thorns, or setae, etc.: Lots of cacti are setaceous having spines covering the whole plant.
2. Resembling bristles or a bristle: So many men these days appear with setaceous whiskers.
2. Resembling bristles or a bristle: So many men these days appear with setaceous whiskers.
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-aceous, -acea, -aceae, -aceaen, -aceus
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set-, seto-, seti- +
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