
Meaning of PILOSE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pIlows
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] (biology) covered with hairs especially fine soft ones |
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PILOSE is a 6 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | hairy, hirsute, pilary, pilous |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Hairy, the hairs soft and clearly separated but not sparse. |
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, whiskered, woolly |
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