bristle
— Noun
– English
~ a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
bristled
— Adjective
– English
~ having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
bristlegrass
— Noun
– English
~ grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
bristlelike
— Adjective
– English
~ resembling a bristle
bristletail
— Noun
– English
~ small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail