Synonyms

hispid

American

[his-pid] / ˈhɪs pɪd /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.

hispid British

/ ˈhɪspɪd /

adjective

biology covered with stiff hairs or bristles

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Other Word Forms

hispidity noun

Etymology

Origin of hispid

1640–50; < Latin hispidus rough, shaggy; akin to hirsute

Example Sentences

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One hardy species endured the invasion: the hispid cotton rat.

From Seattle Times

Nutlets erect and straight, unarmed, attached to the axis either at inner edge of base or ventrally from the base upward.—Ours are very hispid annuals or biennials, with small white flowers in scorpioid spikes.

From Project Gutenberg

Distribution of the hispid cotton rat in Kansas.

From Project Gutenberg

Its long, coarse, hispid stems run riot over small undershrubs or dead or unsightly brushwood, often completely covering them with a mound of foliage thickly sown with the dull-purple flowers.

From Project Gutenberg

Turnip, tur′nip, n. a biennial plant, with lyrate hispid leaves, the upper part of the root becoming, esp. in cultivation, swollen and fleshy—cultivated as a culinary esculent, and for feeding cattle and sheep.—n.

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