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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..

Rictal :: Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles..

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..

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

Hog :: Hog (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse..

Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..

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

Setula :: Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta..

Glochidiate :: Glochidiate (a.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles..

Bristle-shaped :: Bristle-shaped (a.) Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf..

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

Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.

Cinura :: Cinura (n. pl.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma..

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

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

Brustle :: Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.

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

Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..

Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..

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

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