n.

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

a stiff hair

Drosophila bristles and the nature of quantitative genetic variation
Two or Four Bristles: Functional Evolution of an Enhancer of scute in Drosophilidae
The Development of the Bristles in Normal and some Mutant Types of Drosophila melanogaster
F Actin Bundles in Drosophila Bristles I. Two Filament Cross-Links Are Involved in Bundling
Development and determination of hairs and bristles in the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Lygaeidae, Hemiptera)
Development and determination of hairs and bristles in the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Lygaeidae, Hemiptera).
Lateral inhibition and the development of the sensory bristles of the adult peripheral nervous system of Drosophila
The nature of quantittative genetic variation revisited: Lessons from Drosophila bristles
High molecular mass glycoproteins associated with the siliceous scales and bristles of Mallomonas splendens (Synurophyceae) may be ...
u-shaped encodes a zinc finger protein that regulates the proneural genes achaete and scute during the formation of bristles in Dros...