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arista

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6 lettersPronunciation /əˈɹɪstə/Part of speech nounSorted aairstStarts with AEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies

Word origin

From New Latin arista. Doublet of arête.

Used in a sentence

  • 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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