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arista

/əˈɹɪstə/

arista noun: one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes.

arista: one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes
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Noun

arista (plural aristae or aristas)

  1. 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.1848, Thomas Mitchell, Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia […]
  2. 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.1915, O. A. Johannsen, William A. Riley, Handbook of Medical Entomology

Proper noun capitalized: Arista

Arista (plural Aristas)

  1. A surname.

arista meaning in Tamil

arista in Tamil

மேற்கூர், விறைப்புக் கொம்பு, சூகம், கூலக்கதிர், புல்வார்

Forms of arista

Noun
pluralaristae
pluralaristas
Proper noun
pluralAristas

Origin of arista

From New Latin arista. Doublet of arête.

Words formed from arista

Questions about arista

What does arista mean?
Arista means one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes.
What is arista in Tamil?
Arista in Tamil is மேற்கூர், விறைப்புக் கொம்பு, சூகம். See Arista meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arista?
Arista can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce arista?
Arista is pronounced /əˈɹɪstə/.
What is the plural of arista?
The plural of arista is aristae.

Words near arista in the dictionary

  1. Arispe
  2. Arispes
  3. ARISS
  4. arist
  5. Arist.
  6. arista
  7. aristae
  8. Aristaean
  9. Aristaeus
  10. Aristakesian
  11. Aristakesians

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