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1bristly — bristle ► NOUN 1) a short, stiff hair on an animal s skin or a man s face. 2) a stiff animal or artificial hair, used to make a brush. ► VERB 1) (of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin. 2) react angrily or defensively. 3) (bristle with) …
2bristle — /ˈbrɪsəl / (say brisuhl) noun 1. one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially swine, used in making brushes, etc. 2. any short, stiff hair or hair like appendage (often used facetiously of human hair). –verb (bristled,… …
3bristle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bristil, from brust bristle, from Old English byrst; akin to Old High German burst bristle, and perhaps to Latin fastigium top Date: 14th century a short stiff coarse hair or filament • bristlelike adjective II.… …
4bristle — bristleless, adj. bristlelike, adj. /bris euhl/, n., v., bristled, bristling. n. 1. one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, esp. hogs, used extensively in making brushes. 2. anything resembling these hairs. v.i. 3. to stand or… …
5bristle — I. v. a. 1. Point with a bristle, fasten a bristle on. 2. Make bristly, roughen, erect in bristles, corrugate, bethorn, bespine, ruffle. II. v. n. 1. Stand on end, stand up like bristles. 2. Be horrent. 3. [With up.] Become irrita …
6bristle — bris•tle [[t]ˈbrɪs əl[/t]] n. v. tled, tling 1) one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, esp. hogs, used in making brushes 2) anything resembling these hairs 3) to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles 4) to erect the bristles, as …
7bristle — [bris′əl] n. [ME bristel, metathetic < OE byrst; akin to Ger borste, bristles < IE * bhr̥sti < base * bhar , point, bristle] 1. any short, stiff, prickly hair of an animal or plant 2. a) any of the hairs of a hog or of some other animals …
8dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …
9plane tree — any tree of the genus Platanus, esp. P. occidentalis, the buttonwood or sycamore of North America, having palmately lobed leaves and bark that sheds. [1400 50; late ME] * * * Any of ten species of large trees that make up the genus Platanus, sole …
10List of monocotyledons of Montana — This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Broad Leaf Cattail There are at least 615 species of Monocotyledons found in Montana …
