Arista

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  • noun. A bristlelike part or appendage, such as the awn of grains and grasses or the process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In botany, an awn (which see).
  • noun. In zoology, an awn or tactile filament at the end of the antenna of an insect, as in some Diptera.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An awn.
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  • noun. the fibrils found on grains or fishes.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies
    • Word Usage
    "Your correspondent suggests "arista;" can he support this historically?"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    appendage  outgrowth  process  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Christa  Crista  Krista  Vista  batiste  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    awn  
    variant
    aristae  
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