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Arista   /ərˈɪstə/   Listen
Arista

noun
(pl. aristae)
1.
Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.





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"Arista" Quotes from Famous Books



... behind a sheaf, to intimate to the rest of the parish that the families of those who reaped the field are to have the first lease. After these gleaners have finished, the sheaf is removed, and other parties are admitted, called "barissers." I have been told that the real title is "arishers," from "arista." I should feel obliged if any of your correspondents could inform me whether this name is known in any other county, and what is ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 53. Saturday, November 2, 1850 • Various
... soon returned to office. Peace was made, and Santa Ana again went into exile. Herrera was chosen President, and for more than two years devoted himself to the work of reformation, with considerable success, though outbreaks and rebellions occurred in many quarters. President Arista also showed himself to be a firm and patriotic chief. But in 1852 a reaction took place, under favor of which Santa Ana returned home and became President for the fifth time, and Arista was banished. The government of Santa Ana was absolute in ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 • Various
... clarissima mundi Lumina, labentem coelo quae ducitis annum, Liber, et alma Ceres; vestro si munere tellus Chaoniam pingui glandem mutavit arista, Poculaqu' inventis Acheloia ...
— Val d'Arno • John Ruskin


Words linked to "Arista" :   outgrowth, process, appendage


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