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PILOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
Synonyms:
Classified under:
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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