arista
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/əˈɹɪstə/
Definition of arista
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes.
“A very distinct species. Habit of Brachystephium scapigerum D. C.: but that ought to have no aristae to the achenium: here the awns are very stout in proportion to the size of the capitulum.”
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noun
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One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes.
“A very distinct species. Habit of Brachystephium scapigerum D. C.: but that ought to have no aristae to the achenium: here the awns are very stout in proportion to the size of the capitulum.”
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A bristle on the third segment of a fly's antenna.
“The eyes of the male are separated by a distance equal to one-fourth of the diameter of the head, in the female by one-third. The frontal stripe is black, the cheeks and margins of the orbits silvery-white. The antennæ are black, the arista feathered on the upper side only.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From New Latin arista. Doublet of arête.
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