Library / English Dictionary

PILOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones

Synonyms:

pilary; pilose; pilous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Derivation:

pile (fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs))

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