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bristly

adjective as in with stiff hairs

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The other carried a bristly stick, with which they used to scratch the cephalopods’ sensitive skin.

The observed species are classified as baleen whales, which have a large bristly whalebone at the front of their mouth to filter feed, instead of teeth.

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Lit by a headlamp, the hamster-size bat has a tuft of bristly hair under its nose and tiny eyes tucked close to its ears.

This trap contained two fully grown, rotund adults, two balls of bristly fur that had merged into what one member of the trapping team called a single “big squish.”

What has tusks, bristly hair, and is contaminated with dangerous levels of radiation?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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