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Vibrissa :: Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.

Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up..

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..

Pappus :: Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order..

Styliferous :: Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria..

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..

Bisetous :: Bisetous (a.) Having two bristles.

Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..

Birse :: Birse (n.) A bristle or bristles.

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

Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..

Chaetotaxy :: Chaetotaxy (n.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.

Berstle :: Berstle (n.) See Bristle.

Bristletail :: Bristletail (n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura..

Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..

Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..

Awned :: Awned (a.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded..

Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..

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..

Bristly :: Bristly (a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough..

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