bristlelike

  • 21arista — noun (plural aristae or tas) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, beard of grain Date: 1691 a bristlelike structure or appendage • aristate adjective …

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  • 22bristle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bristil, from brust bristle, from Old English byrst; akin to Old High German burst bristle, and perhaps to Latin fastigium top Date: 14th century a short stiff coarse hair or filament • bristlelike adjective II.… …

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  • 23Laki — Infobox Mountain Name=Laki Photo=Lakagigar Iceland 2004 07 01.jpg|Laki Caption= Elevation= varies: canyon to 1725 m (5659 ft) Location=Iceland | Prominence = Coordinates = coord|64|03|53|N|18|13|34|W|type:mountain region:CA Topographic… …

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  • 24Lathyrus biflorus — Taxobox name = Lathyrus biflorus image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae genus = Lathyrus species = L. biflorus binomial = Lathyrus biflorus… …

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  • 25arista — n.; pl. tae [L. arista, awn] A bristlelike appendage …

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  • 26histrichoglossate — adj. [Gr. hystrix, porcupine; glossa, tongue] (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Referring to the radula, consisting of numerous types or categories of teeth: a median central tooth plus several kinds of lateral and marginal teeth, in retrograde oblique… …

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  • 27setaceous — adj. [L. seta, bristle] Bristlelike, slender …

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  • 28style — n.; pl. styli [Gr. stylos, pillar] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) The embolus of spiders. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) see telson. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. Any slender, tubular or spinelike appendage at the end of the abdomen. b. In some Diptera,… …

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  • 29tritosternum — n. [Gr. tritos, third; sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In Mesostigmata, a secondary, ventral, bristlelike sensory organ just behind the gnathosoma …

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  • 30apterygote — /ap ter i goht , ap teuhr /, adj. belonging or pertaining to the Apterygota, a subclass of primitive wingless insects that undergo little or no metamorphosis. Also, apterygotous /ap ter i goh teuhs/. [ < NL Apterygota name of the subclass, equiv …

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