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Hispid

Hispid \His"pid\, a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]

  1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.

  2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

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hispid

a. (context obsolete except in science English) Covered in short, stiff hairs; bristly.

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hispid

adj. (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles; "plants with hispid stems"

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Usage examples of "hispid".

Raif recognized the pelts of lemmings, meadow voles and giant hispid rats all layered into stripes.

The inner fur is soft, downy, and of an ash colour, the outer longer, hispid, harsh and bristly.

Shaggy brindle next to hispid gold, the two Irish heads turned as Thady Boy Ballagh strolled over the grass.