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plural of bristle.
present tense form of bristle (3rd person singular).

Search instead for bristletails.

bristles

NOUN

beard

Synonyms

STRONG

Vandyke brush fuzz goatee imperial stubble

WEAK

Santa Claus five-o-clock shadow muttonchops

NOUN

five o'clock shadow

Synonyms

WEAK

bristly stubble peach fuzz stubble whiskers

NOUN

whiskers

Synonyms

STRONG

beard goatee mustache sideburns stubble

NOUN

whiskers

Synonyms

STRONG

burnsides goatee mustache sideburns stubble

WEAK

muttonchops side whiskers

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It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg