Definition of bristle

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

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Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..
Berstle :: Berstle (n.) See Bristle.
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..
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..
Vibrissa :: Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..
Bristle-shaped :: Bristle-shaped (a.) Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf..
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..
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..
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..
Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles..
Bristly :: Bristly (a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough..
Acicular :: Acicular (a.) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless..
Bisetous :: Bisetous (a.) Having two bristles.
Bristliness :: Bristliness (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.
Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..
Setiferous :: Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles..
Styliferous :: Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria..
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