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Stiff Bristles Crossword Clue

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noun

• slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses

43%8Stiff hairs
noun

• a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

• a stiff hair

verb

• be in a state of movement or action

• rise up as in fear

• have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles

• react in an offended or angry manner

42%9 Having stiff bristles
adjective

• related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts

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