(a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.
Example Sentences:
(1) Stimulation of the male bristly spines excited the medium-sized flexor excitors f3 and f4.
(2) The single-shelled virion, in contrast, exhibits a bristly surface.
(3) Monofilament sutures should be used with caution for bronchial anastomosis, as their bristly knots can perforate adjacent blood vessels.
(4) Stimulation of feathered hair (both sexes) and smooth hair (female only) sensilla produced responses characteristic of extension whereas bristly spines on the male accessory lobe excited only two flexor excitors without affecting any of the other postural motor neurons.
(5) Political activist @bristly_pioneer asked George Galloway's office how he'd be voting: "George Galloway – although saying he was going to vote against #debill – didn't even bother to turn up.
(6) Bristly spines may contribute to postural adjustments that assist mating.
(7) The tannins, delphinidin and procyanidin were isolated from flowers of white clover (Trifolium repens) and the leaves of Arnot Bristly Locust (Robina fertilis) respectively, and tested for mutagenic properties in a range of systems.
(8) The endopodite of the male swimmeret has an accessory lobe covered with short "bristly spines" (serrate setae).
(9) In addition, high energy intakes induced earlier juvenile moulting, this effect making the 56-day old carcasses rather bristly.