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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Brush :: Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc..

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

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..

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

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..

Setigerous :: Setigerous (a.) Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle..

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

Barb :: Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

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

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

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