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Pilose

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.

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pilose

a. Covered with fine hair.

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pilose

adj. covered with hairs especially fine soft ones [syn: pilous, pilary]

Usage examples of "pilose".

Tower in the passageway, who had shrunk to pilose dwarf borders, having removed their hats and fallen to their knees.