Arista

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arista \A*ris"ta\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
     An awn. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  arista
       n : bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain
           flies
       [also: {aristae} (pl)]