pilose
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If you ignore that pilose caterpillar he inexplicably adheres to his chin, he's cuter than a basket full of stray koalas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2010
P. convex, umb. then plane, viscid, rufous brown, discoid, with scattered yellow pilose scales; g. serrulate, white then brown; s. elongated, cuticle separating. sobria, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Ascophore stipitate, rather fleshy, closed at first, then cup-shaped, becoming somewhat plane, the margin slightly incurved, externally pilose or downy, pale gray or sometimes quite dark.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Thorax deep black, pilose; abdomen tawny along each side.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
The inflorescence consists of usually two closely appressed spikes, though appearing as one, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, pilose with ferrugineous hairs; the peduncle is capillary and enclosed by the upper leaf-sheath.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
