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Pilose
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Hairy; full of, or made of, hair. The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. Owen.
2. Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
3. Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.