glochid

[ gloh-kid ]

noun

a short hair, bristle, or spine having a barbed tip.

Origin of glochid

¹

1880–90; <Greek glōchid-, stem of glōchís arrow point

Also glo·chis [gloh-kis]. /ˈgloʊ kɪs/.

Other words from glochid

glo·chid·i·ate [gloh-kid-ee-it, -eyt], /gloʊˈkɪd i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/, adjective

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How to use glochid in a sentence

Apparently the mice had stepped on the glochids by chance, for I found no evidence that Peromyscus of either species eats cacti.
Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado | Charles L. Douglas
Toes of several mice were swollen and inflamed due to small glochids of cacti that were stuck in them.
Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado | Charles L. Douglas
A few barbed cactus glochids (bristles) are inbedded in the cavity around the base of the molar remnants.
A New Subspecies of Wood Rat (Neotoma mexicana) from Colorado | Robert B. Finley

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