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pileous

[pahy-lee-uh s, pil-ee-]
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adjective
  1. hairy or furry.
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Origin of pileous

First recorded in 1835–45; pile3 + -ous
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Related Words

furry, shaggy, woolly, fuzzy, unshaven, hirsute, bearded, bristly, bushy, downy, fleecy, flocculent, fluffy, rough, tufted, bewhiskered, lanate, pileous, piliferous, pubescent
British Dictionary definitions for pileous

pileous

adjective biology
  1. hairy
  2. of or relating to hair
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Word Origin

C19: ultimately from Latin pilus a hair
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pileous in Medicine

pileous

(pī′lē-əs)
adj.
  1. Hairy.
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