villose

[ vil-ohs ]

adjective

Origin of villose

First recorded in 1720–30, villose is from the Latin word villōsus shaggy. See villus, -ose¹

The maxill are villose: their edge exhibits a trace of being notched under the two great upper spines.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles Darwin
The leaves are inversely ovate, lanceolate, villose, and slightly toothed.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers | John Wood
The substance is unusually thick in the spinose caterpillars of butterflies; and in the pupa of one, Uria Proteus, it is villose.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) | William Kirby

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