(n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
(n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.
(v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
(v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
(v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
(v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
(v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
(2) Selection limits for scutellar bristles in lines M and M2 were equal to or greater than the most extreme reported in the literature.-The probit span of the canalised 4 bristle class decreased in each selection line as the mean scutellar bristle number increased, and increased again in the relaxed lines as the mean bristle number decreased.
(3) "Corncob" configurations consisting of filamentous bacteria surrounded by Gram-positive cocci, and "bristle brush" formations comprising corncobs surrounded by long rods were observed in the superficial layer of the plaque.
(4) However, identification of the methionine bristle domain suggests that chloroplast HSPs also have unique functions or substrates within the special environment of the chloroplast or other plastids.
(5) A homozygous mutant escaper had weak, completely unpigmented cuticle and unpigmented bristles.
(6) Test variables were time in use, brush design (e.g., geometry and size of the brush head), and bristle composition.
(7) The diameter of the bristles vary between 0.7 mm at the base of the bristle to 0.25 mm in the near end of the bristle.
(8) According to random selection, subjects' teeth were brushed by trained personnel with either the curved bristle or the conventional toothbrush.
(9) Some people, however, still bristle at the idea of sexuality on a spectrum.
(10) The S character of Drosophila simulans, the absence or malformation or both of bristles and other cuticular structures, was described by Comendador (Drosophila Inf.
(11) Results are presented of 135 generations of selection for high scutellar bristle number in two lines M and M3 derived from the same original mating of one female with 5 bristles by one male with 4 bristles, the latter being the wild-type canalised phenotype.
(12) The lateral walls of these subunits form regularly spaced bristles or pegs which extend inwards from the trilaminar membrane for a distance of 13-15 nm.
(13) Afterwards, while the phagocytic ability decreases, the phagocytic cups disappear, and all the cells become bristled with many thin filopods.
(14) It reminded me to look at the sky, absorb the air, and listen to the wind that bristles as it hurries by.
(15) In each generation, offspring of the two groups were retained in their group or transferred to the other group, depending on the number of their bristles.
(16) The homozygous and heterozygous effects of the inserts on viability and abdominal and sternopleural bristle number were ascertained by comparing the chromosome lines with inserts to insert-free control lines of the inbred host strain.
(17) Lawrence is said to bristle at the now-cliched description of her as "dignified".
(18) Our results indicate that emc plays an essential early role in defining territories of bristle-forming potential.
(19) Fortunately for his detractors, who bristle at his brash TV persona and penchant for bullying guests, Shimada conceded his TV career was at an end: "From tomorrow I will become just another regular person.
(20) When Grayson remarks to the men he meets that his transvestism allows him enough distance from maleness to view it as an observer, rather than bristle they nod, quietly ponder for a moment and then step back themselves, apparently accepting that maleness is such a weird contrivance that to look at it with critical eyes is Not Even A Thing.
Seta
Definition:
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lutzomyia is "defined" by thoracic pleural setae and a cibarial bulge, both of which states occur on Old World forms.
(2) Additional observations on some fine structures of Demodex folliculorum under SEM were presented in this paper, including supracoxal spines, hypostome, palpal claws, male and female podosomal setae, leg claw-basal spur, femoral spur, etc.
(3) N-1 methylation of benzo-alpha-carbolines performed with Kitasatosporia setae strain yields corresponding benzo-alpha-iso-carbolines, compounds demonstrating relatively strong cytostatic and antitumor properties.
(4) The large plumose setae are studied in Palaemon serratus (Decapoda) and Sphaeroma serratum (Isopoda) during premolt.
(5) Caminacarus terrapenae differs from the above species by the form of the dorsal shield which extends more anteriorly but lacks anterior winglike elongations and has rounded anterolateral margins, the posteriorly concave shape of the genital sclerite and more sclerotized vaginal wall, the anterodorsal wall of the gnathosomal base which is not ringlike but open with lateral sclerotizations and interior punctations in this species, and structure of the tarsal setae with the presence of smaller heavier setae.
(6) Three types of setae were found on the antenna of workers of C. formosanus.
(7) Larva differs from I. trianguliceps in longer setae of alloscutum, longer ventrolateral tooth of 1st palpal joint and longer medial tooth of coxae I.
(8) The setae and parapodia of Eurythoe complanata, Chloeia flava and Pherecardia striata were examined using histological and scanning electron microscope techniques.
(9) Numerous tegumental pores surrounding setae in surface tubercles are shown.
(10) After larvae hatch, portions of the egg coats and the attachment stalks are retained on the ovigerous setae until the female undergoes her next molt.
(11) The longest setae (sensilla trichodea) are thick walled, socketed, mononeuronic, and non-perforated.
(12) The new species is most similar to Tinaminyssus melloi (Castro) 1948 and T. turturi (Fain) 1962, but differs in (1) possessing only 5 pairs of ventral opisthosomal setae, (2) presence of 3 pairs of enlarged setae on the dorsal opisthosoma at the posterolateral margin of the podosomal plate (1 pair) and at the lateral margins of the opisthosomal plate (2 pairs), (3) elongate shape and larger size of the poststigmatic plates, and (4) chaetotaxy and solenidiotaxy of the legs, especially tarsus I with a cluster of 4 solenida and 1 club-shaped solenidion on the apex of the dorsum.
(13) The differential diagnosis, particularly in comparison with the closely related genera Liga and Amoebotaenia, is presented: Liga possesses an atrial bundle of setae and Amoebotaenia 1 row of well built hooks with a typical blade.
(14) The morphological structure of the spicules and setae of the mandibular brushes and combs and the maxillary brushes are described.
(15) Female swimmerets contain many long "smooth hairs" (long simple setae) on the coxa and rami.
(16) An expert system (SETA) for the management of patients in the CCU environment has been developed.
(17) The fine structure of the integumentary glands and mechanoreceptory setae in Dermacentor marginatus nymphs is described.
(18) The raatio of setae containing cellular contents sthroughout the lumen to those condensed into strands separates stages A2 throught C3...
(19) The formation of brown bodies in the coelomic cavity may result from an aggregation of coelomocytes around offending foreign cells such as bacteria, gregarines, incompatible graft fragments, and altered self structures such as setae or necrotic muscle cells.
(20) Counts of setae in "aureate" (au), spontaneous autosomal recessive mutation of good penetrance and viability, show that the au gene causes a three-fold increase in setation over the normal in the visible abdominal sternites but not in the membranous wings of the tenebrionid flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.