Look up seta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In biology, setae (/ˈsiːtiː/; sg. seta /ˈsiːtə/; from Latin saeta 'bristle') are any of a number of different...

Synthetic setae emulate the setae found on the toes of a gecko and scientific research in this area is driven towards the development of dry adhesives...

lamellae / setae / spatulae structures and the surface. These van der Waals interactions involve no fluids; in theory, a boot made of synthetic setae would...

backing material of flexible polymer tape. These arrays are called synthetic setae and mimic the nanostructures found on the toes of a gecko; this is an example...

possess setae and parapodia for locomotion and gas exchange. They may have two types of setae, which are found on the parapodia. Acicular setae provide...

Susan Setae is a women's rights advocate from Papua New Guinea (PNG). She is the president of the PNG Counselling Association and former president of...

of long, dense hairs (setae). In subfamily Megatominae and the genus Trinodes, some of these setae are hastisetae: barbed setae ending in spear-like heads...

Setae, Setai (Ancient Greek: Σέται), Settae, Settai (Σέτται), Saettae, Saittai, or Saittae (Σαίτται), was a town of ancient Lydia, located at Sidas Kaleh...

mechanical sensors, mostly based on modifications of the many bristles known as setae that project through their cuticles. Similarly, their reproduction and development...

innervated sensory hairs (setae). The statolith's inertia causes it to push against the setae when the animal accelerates. Deflection of setae by the statolith...

Antti Veikko Ilmari "Jammu" Siltavuori (29 October 1926 – 9 March 2012) was a Finnish child murderer and sex offender, and was commonly known by the nickname...

covered in hairs or fur plants covered in trichomes insects covered in setae people nicknamed "the Hairy" Hairy (gene) Hairies, a fictional people Haerye...

approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) long, is notable for the quantity of silky blond setae (resembling fur) covering its pereiopods (thoracic legs, including claws)...

white stripes of setae on its cephalothorax, black setae on its chelicerae, and scattered dots and patterns of black and white setae on its abdomen. This...

"hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic...

leaf-like) setae adorning their backs are evocative of a peacock's plumage. They also have long hair-like setae projecting from rear (caudal setae) that have...

surface area effects. On its feet, the gecko has many microscopic hairs, or setae (singular seta), that increase the Van der Waals forces - the distance-dependent...

inner pad of setae on the fore femur, the external borders of parasternites II and III narrowed and nearly straight, and with the setae of the tarsomeres...

bristlelike hairs called lateral setae used to anchor parts of the body during movement; species may have four pairs of setae on each segment or more than...

which has black setae on the abdomen. M. maculata flavifrons with red setae on the abdomen. M. maculata flavifrons with yellow setae on the abdomen. "Megascolia...

popular in the exotic pet trade. Many New World species kept as pets have setae known as urticating hairs that can cause irritation to the skin, and in...

Polynesian mythology. Based on the presence of sulphur-oxidising bacteria on the setae of both K. hirsuta and the new South West Indian Ridge species, they may...

parent, and released after the first moult as larvae that swim freely using setae. All but the first instars are filter feeders. Nauplius larva of Elminius...

larva is longer than the adult and is covered in reddish brown or black setae. It has two back-curved, spine-like appendages on the posterior end. The...

the setae were seen to be embedded in the skin, but none penetrated more than one-third of their length. When attempts were made to remove the setae, they...

balance. The body segments themselves may display several types of setae, or scales and setae. Diplurans possess a characteristic pair of cerci projecting backwards...

vertical glass. Synthetic equivalents use carbon nanotubes as synthetic setae on reusable adhesive patches. A gecko can hang on a glass surface using...

World. They can be told apart from others in their tribe by the pattern of setae on the hind tibia. Dietrich, CH (2005). "Keys to the families of Cicadomorpha...

the caudal peduncle, and females similarly have a toothbrush-like mass of setae in the same location. They occur in areas of mixed sand, rubble, and coral...

extended forward, then relaxes and re-contacts the substrate, with hair-like setae preventing backward slipping. Various other invertebrates, such as caterpillars...