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 withminute and somewhatrigid hairs
Etymologies
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Diminutive from Latin hirtus hairy, with -ous.
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bestiary commented on the word hirtellous
minutely hirsute (alt: hirsutulous).
July 27, 2008