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Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..

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..

Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.

Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To stand out; to project; to bristle.

Setous :: Setous (a.) Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

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

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..

Thysanura :: Thysanura (n. pl.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura..

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

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..

Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair..

Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..

Style :: Style (v. t.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects..

Bristled :: Bristled (imp. & p. p.) of Bristl.

Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles..

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

Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

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

Stuccoes :: Stubby (a.) Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles..

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

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