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bristled means: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

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bristled

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8 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted bdeilrstStarts with BEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word

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having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

From Middle English bristled, ibrustled, iburstled, equivalent to bristle + -ed.

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