aristan.
/əˈrɪstə/ The awn or beard (in Latin also the whole ear) of grain and grasses; hence used of similar bristle-like processes, as the fibrils which fringe the convex edge of a fish's gills, etc.
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > gill(s) or parts of
ginnle?c1475
gill vein1683
arista1691
radius1691
fish-ear1748
operculum1752
flap1803
opercle1808
subopercle1822
preoperculum1828
preopercule1842
preopercular1851
interoperculum1855
preoperclec1857
raker1903
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > hair > bristle-like process
arista1875
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 58 The Aristæ or radii of a Fishes Gills.
1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 112 The basal joints of the arista.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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