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
Legs stout, rather short; tibiæ pilose; fore tibiæ very short; posterior tibiæ very broad, especially the middle pair.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
P. and s. with a brown pilose covering. var. exannulatus, Cke.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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 Rangachari, K.
P. exp. glabrous but with superficial deciduous pale scales, yellow; g. adnato-decur.; s. fasciculately pilose, adpressedly flocculose above distant ring. mutabilis, Schaeff.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
