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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..

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

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

Hirsute :: Hirsute (a.) Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

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

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

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

Setulose :: Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.

Whiskered :: Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles..

Fibre :: fibre () A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

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

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

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..

Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..

Horrent :: Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling..

Awn :: Awn (n.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista..

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

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