Arista Definition

ə-rĭstə
aristae, arista
noun
A bristle-like fiber on the spikelet of some grains or grasses; awn.
Webster's New World
A bristle that extends from the antenna of certain dipterous insects: used in flight for monitoring air speed and for wing control.
Webster's New World
A bristlelike part or appendage, such as the awn of grains and grasses or the process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
American Heritage Medicine

(biology) The fibrils found on grains or fishes.

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Other Word Forms of Arista

Noun

Singular:
arista
Plural:
aristae

Origin of Arista

  • Latin beard of grain, spike

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Arista Sentence Examples

  • He did not obey, and Mariana Arista, Ampudia's successor, opened hostilities.

  • In these forms, however, the third joint is really a complex, which in many families bears in addition a jointed bristle (arista) or style, representing the terminal joints of the primitive antenna.

  • After relieving Fort Brown, which had been besieged since the 3rd of May, Taylor himself crossed the river, and on the 18th of May occupied Matamoras, from which Arista had already retreated to Monterrey.

  • The names of their leaders Garci Jeminez and Inigo Arista are altogether legendary.

  • Pelayo, whom they chose for king, and his victory of Covadonga, are well nigh as legendary, and are quite as obscure as Garci Jimenes and Inigo Arista.

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Words Starting With

AARARI

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ATASTA

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