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Hispid

Hispid Meaning & Definition
Hispid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hispid?

[adj] (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles; "plants with hispid stems"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hispid: hairy | hirsute

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Hispid In Webster's Dictionary

\His"pid\, a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.] 1. Rough with bristles or minute spines. 2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

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