About The Word Pilose
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Pilose
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What's The Definition Of Pilose?
[adj] (biology) covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pilose: hairy | hirsute | pilary | pilous Related Terms | Find terms related to Pilose: bristly | bushy | cirrose | fleecy | flocculent | furry | fuzzy | hairy | hirsute | hispid | lanate | matted | pubescent | shagged | shaggy | unshorn | whiskered | woolly See Also | Pilose In Webster's Dictionary \Pi*lose"\, a. [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. (Zo["o]l.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
3. (Bot.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long
hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.
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