arista

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  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.

词形变化

aristae plural aristas plural

词汇关系

词源

From New Latin arista. Doublet of arête.
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