Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having soft or fine pelage or plumage, as a quadruped or bird; being fleecy, fluffy, or downy, as hair or feathers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having soft hairs; downy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having
soft hairs ;downy .
Etymologies
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Latin mollis soft + pilosus hairy.
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reesetee commented on the word mollipilose
Having plumage that is soft or fine; fleecy, fluffy, downy.
April 21, 2009
dontcry commented on the word mollipilose
Nancy Pelosi.
That's all I've got...too tired to make a joke.
*sniff*
April 21, 2009
biocon commented on the word mollipilose
1890 Cent. Dict. Mollipilose, having soft or fine pelage or plumage, as a quadruped or bird.
May 14, 2015