bristles (noun)

  • 31krigia — noun any small branched yellow flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑dwarf dandelion, ↑Krigia dandelion, ↑Krigia bulbosa • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 32nailbrush — noun a brush used to clean a person s fingernails • Hypernyms: ↑brush * * * /nayl brush /, n. a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails. [1795 1805; NAIL + BRUSH1] * * * nailˈbrush noun A brush for cleaning the fingernails… …

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  • 33polychete — noun chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles • Syn: ↑polychaete, ↑polychaete worm, ↑polychete worm • Hypernyms: ↑annelid, ↑annelid worm, ↑segmented worm …

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  • 34Sanicula — noun chiefly American herbs: sanicle • Syn: ↑genus Sanicula • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑ …

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  • 35Setaria — noun annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses • Syn: ↑genus Setaria • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑ …

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  • 36Siberian millet — noun millet having orange to reddish grains in long bristly spikes • Syn: ↑Setaria italica rubrofructa • Hypernyms: ↑foxtail millet, ↑Italian millet, ↑Hungarian grass, ↑Setaria italica * * * noun …

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  • 37theridiid — noun spider having a comb like row of bristles on each hind foot • Syn: ↑comb footed spider • Hypernyms: ↑spider • Member Holonyms: ↑Theridiidae, ↑family Theridiidae * * * I. thəˈridēə̇d, | …

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  • 38wire wheel — noun 1. : a rotary wire brush (as for cleaning metalwork) 2. : a wheel (as for motorcars) with spokes of wire * * * /wuyeur hweel , weel / for 1; /wuyeur hweel , weel / for 2 1. a wheellike brush having stiff wire bristles and used esp. for… …

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  • 39arrowworm — noun Date: circa 1889 any of a phylum (Chaetognatha) of small planktonic wormlike marine organisms having curved bristles on either side of the head for seizing prey …

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  • 40awn — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English agen, from Old Norse ǫgn; akin to Old High German agana awn, Old English ecg edge more at edge Date: 12th century one of the slender bristles that terminate the glumes of the spikelet in some… …

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