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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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