pilose

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pilōsus, from pilus (“hair”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pīʹlōs

Adjective

pilose (comparative more pilose, superlative most pilose)

  1. Covered with fine hair.
    • 2024, Kazerad, Enter name, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), October 11 2024
      An icy chill runs down the back of your exoskeleton as the name enters your mind, your very animus shuddering at the sound of it. Something about its form, its essence… it is far too lissom. Too pilose. Too disturbingly… feline.

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Interlingua

Adjective

pilose (comparative plus pilose, superlative le plus pilose)

  1. hairy

Latin

Adjective

pilōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of pilōsus
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