saetĭ-ger (sēt-), gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [seta-gero],
bristle-bearing , having coarse hair or bristles , bristly , setaceous (poet.): sus, Lucr. 5, 969; 6, 974; Verg. A. 12, 170; Ov. M. 10, 549: pecus, id. ib. 14, 289: vestis, of goats’ hair , Paul. Nol. Ep. 49, 12.—As subst.: saetĭger , gĕri, m. (sc. ferus), the bristle-bearer , bristler , as a poet. designation of the boar, Ov. M. 8, 376; Mart 13, 93, 1.