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Meaning of arista | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/əˈɹɪstə/

Definitions

  1. One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes.
  2. A surname.
  3. A bristle on the third segment of a fly's antenna.

Equivalents

Čeština osina
Español arista raspa
Suomi äristä vihne
Français barbe jarres
Italiano arista resta
Português arista
Русский ость

Examples

“A very distinct species. Habit of Brachystephium scapigerum D. C.: but that ought to have no aristae to the achenium: here the awns are very stout in proportion to the size of the capitulum.”
“The eyes of the male are separated by a distance equal to one-fourth of the diameter of the head, in the female by one-third. The frontal stripe is black, the cheeks and margins of the orbits silvery-white. The antennæ are black, the arista feathered on the upper side only.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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