[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

setose \setose"\, setous \se"tous\, a. l. setosus, saetosus,
   from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. f. s'eteux.
   thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

setose
     adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
           or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
           mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
           whiskers" syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery,
            bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous,
            spiny, thorny
see also:
barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly 
burred burry prickly setaceous spiny 
thorny 

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