Definitions
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- adjective resembling a bristle in stiffness.
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- adjective Resembling a
bristle or some aspect of one.
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- adjective resembling a bristle
Etymologies
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Examples
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I ran my fingers through his ebony hair, enjoying the coarse, bristlelike feel of it under my fingertips, before sliding my hands lower.
Venom Jennifer Estep 2010
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I ran my fingers through his ebony hair, enjoying the coarse, bristlelike feel of it under my fingertips, before sliding my hands lower.
Venom Jennifer Estep 2010
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I ran my fingers through his ebony hair, enjoying the coarse, bristlelike feel of it under my fingertips, before sliding my hands lower.
Venom Jennifer Estep 2010
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Their skin is tough and covered by sparse, bristlelike hairs: the color above is reddish brown to gray; beneath, it is yellowish brown.
15 Agouti 1991
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Schweinfurth says, "The arrow and the spear heads are of the finest and most artistic work; their bristlelike barbs and points are baffling when one knows how few tools these smiths have."
The Negro 1915
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On some, tufts of bristlelike hairs can be thrust out, that give a discernible odour; but that this carries any distance or is a large factor in attracting the sexes
Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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