arista

1. 1.

   bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies

   Broaderprocess

Other forms of arista

plural

aristae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arista

What does arista mean?

arista means "bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies".

How many syllables are in arista?

arista has 3 syllables: a-ris-ta. The stress falls on "ris". In IPA it is /ɚˈɪstə/.

Is arista a common word?

arista is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.