PILOSE

pilous, pilose, pilary

(adjective) covered with hairs especially fine soft ones

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

pilose (comparative more pilose, superlative most pilose)

Covered with fine hair.

Anagrams

• -poleis, Pelosi, Polies, loipes, plesio-, poleis

Source: Wiktionary


Pi*lose", a. Etym: [L. pilosus, fr. pilus hair. See Pile.]

1. Hairy; full of, or made of, hair. The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. Owen.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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