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rictal bristle

noun

  1. a bristlelike feather growing from the base of a bird's bill.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rictal bristle1

1815–25; rictal, equivalent to rict(us) + -al 1
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Example Sentences

Vibrissa, vī-bris′a, n. a whisker, as of a cat: a rictal bristle in birds: bristle, hair, as in the nostril:—pl.

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