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whiskery

/ ˈwɪskərɪ /

adjective

  1. having whiskers

  2. old; unkempt

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“That was a real touchstone for me,” he says, adding that they did take artistic license with Stanton’s approach to facial hair, which in reality was “very whiskery.”

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Ubirajara also has feather impressions, including a “mane” of whiskery hairs that run down the dinosaur’s back.

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But as it went through multiple charging cycles, whiskery tendrils, or dendrites, of lithium grew across the electrolyte.

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I found myself staring into his eyes beneath his whiskery brows, wondering if my only hope was telepathy.

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In an interview, he described the two of them as “really like an old couple,” noting that, as he had sprouted a white whiskery beard, they had also started to look alike.

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