bristles (noun)
1scrub brush — noun a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning • Syn: ↑scrubbing brush, ↑scrubber • Derivationally related forms: ↑scrub (for: ↑scrubber) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
2wire brush — noun : brush III 1b * * * a brush with steel bristles for removing rust, flaking paint, etc. * * * wire brush noun 1. A brush with wire bristles, for cleaning rust off metal, dirt off suede shoes, etc 2. A brush with long bristles which are… …
3bearded seal — noun medium sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean • Syn: ↑squareflipper square flipper, ↑Erignathus barbatus • Hypernyms: ↑earless seal, ↑true seal, ↑hair seal • Member Hol …
4Xanthium — noun coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles • Syn: ↑genus Xanthium • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑ …
5bristletail — noun a small primitive wingless insect which has two or three bristles at the end of the abdomen. [Orders Thysanura (with three bristles, including the silverfish) and Diplura (with two bristles).] …
6Antennaria — noun small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club shaped bristles • Syn: ↑genus Antennaria • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae …
7brush-tailed porcupine — noun porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail • Syn: ↑brush tail porcupine • Hypernyms: ↑Old World porcupine • Member Holonyms: ↑Atherurus, ↑genus Atherurus * * * noun …
8Cnidoscolus — noun a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae • Syn: ↑genus Cnidoscolus • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbiaceae, ↑family Euphorbiaceae, ↑spurge family …
9oligochaete — noun hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body • Syn: ↑oligochaete worm • Hypernyms: ↑annelid, ↑annelid worm, ↑segmented worm • Hyponyms: ↑earthworm …
10red oak — noun any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles • Hypernyms: ↑oak, ↑oak tree • Hyponyms: ↑southern red oak …
