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...

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...

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...

Antti Veikko Ilmari Siltavuori (29 October 1926 – 9 March 2012), better known as Jammu Siltavuori or Jammu-setä ("Uncle Jammu"), was a Finnish murderer...

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

items into reach for collection by setae. Other setae may be used to brush the filtering setae clean, and yet other setae may transport food items to the...

densely covered with yellow setae. The older caterpillar's setae are either pale yellow or white. All instars have thin, black setae on the first and third...

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...

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...

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

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...

both setae and bristles on the gena. The thorax is characterized by the presence of setae on the propleura, a bare prothorax and metathoracic setae in a...

areas. In direct sunlight, the brown hair looks bright reddish brown. The setae are uniform in length, unlike in other tiger moth larvae with similar appearance...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

thick. Microscopically, P. auricoma is characterized by the presence of setae (thick-walled bristles) in its cap cuticle. This characteristic, in addition...

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

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...

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

weeks. In response to threats, Goliath birdeaters stridulate by rubbing setae on their pedipalps and legs. Also, when threatened they rub their abdomen...

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...

and the spatulae, or microscopic projections, which cover the hair-like setae found on their footpads. There were efforts in 2008 to create a dry glue...

eyes, a convex occiput, closely set and crossed parietal setae and three pairs of orbital setae, the front of which is directed medially and the rear one...

equivalents of taste and smell, often by means of setae. An adult Araneus may have up to 1,000 such chemosensitive setae, most on the tarsi of the first pair of...

Once dislodged from the caterpillar, setae may be carried some distance in the wind. Major sources of urticating setae are the nests where caterpillars,...