- A bristle - Bristle-like appendage - Bristle-like part - plant part - Stiff hair - Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part;
as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the
hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the
leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss. - One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid.
They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in
locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form.
- Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous
partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate. - See Veil, n., 3 (b). - A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts
Isoetes). - A veil-like organ or part. - The circular membrane that partially incloses the space
beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae. - A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of
certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.