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pilose


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pilose  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pilose 
  adj  :  (biology)  covered  with  hairs  especially  fine  soft  ones  [syn: 
  {pilous}] 




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