Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Minutely hirsute.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.

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  • adjective botany, zoology pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs

Etymologies

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Diminutive from Latin hirtus hairy, with -ous.

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