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aristae

/əˈɹɪsti/

aristae is the plural of arista.

Meaning of arista

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

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Questions about aristae

What is aristae the plural of?
Aristae is the plural of arista.
How do you pronounce aristae?
Aristae is pronounced /əˈɹɪsti/.

Words near aristae in the dictionary

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

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