What is "arista"

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

n. (context biology English) One of the fibril found on grain or fish.

1. n. bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies

2. [also: aristae (pl)]

Arista is the name of two not related French automobiles, built from 1912-1915, and 1956-1967, respectively. This article describes the elder car.

The Arista was a French automobile which took its name from its founder, one P. Arista-Ruffier; the marque was manufactured by the Établissements Ruffier in Paris from 1912 to 1915. Eight models were introduced in the first year of production. These were a 720 cc single cylinder cycle car, fours of 1460cc, 1726 cc, and 1847 cc which featured friction drive and were sold complete with bodywork and tires, and fours of 1460 cc, 1593 cc, 1847 cc, and 2001 cc with conventional gearboxes; these last were sold as untired chassis.

The Arista was a French automobile with a fiberglass body, produced in Paris from 1952 to 1967.

Arista may refer to:

• Arista Networks, a software defined networking company
• Arista (1912 automobile), a French automobile produced from 1912 to 1915
• Arista (1956 automobile), a French automobile produced from 1952 to 1967
• Arista, one of Ariel's elder sisters from the The Little Mermaid series
• Arista (insect anatomy), a bristle or bristle-like appendage
• Arista Records, an American record label
  • Arista Nashville, a record label specializing in country music
  • Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC, a lawsuit about file sharing, involving an American record label
• Arista – National Honor Society, the name of New York public school chapters of the National Honor Society
• Íñigo Arista of Pamplona, first King of Pamplona
• Mariano Arista (1802–1855), President of Mexico
• Villa de Arista, a town and municipality in central Mexico
• Arista, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

In insect anatomy the arista is a simple or variously modified apical or subapical bristle, arising from the third antennal segment. It is the evolutionary remains of antennal segments, and may sometimes show signs of segmentation. These segments are called aristameres.

The arista may be bare, sometime appearing no more than a simple bristle, pubescent - covered in short hairs, or plumose - covered in long hairs.

The presence of an arista is a feature of the Diptera suborder Brachycera and may be especially well-developed in some species. It is known to contain thermo and hygroreceptors in Diptera that helps the flies to detect changes in temperature and moisture.