Definition of bristle

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Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..

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Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..
Cinura :: Cinura (n. pl.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma..
Ctenostomata :: Ctenostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles..
Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference..
Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..
Perigynium :: Perigynium (n.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae..
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
Bristle-shaped :: Bristle-shaped (a.) Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf..
Seta :: Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw..
Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..
Setula :: Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta..
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Hirsute :: Hirsute (a.) Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
Rictal :: Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles..
Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
Horrent :: Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling..
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