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
The first glume is elliptic, oblong, irregularly obtuse, about 11-nerved, margins slightly infolded with long pilose hairs throughout, more along the margin.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Palpi rather long and slender, not pilose, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex; third joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
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
The pileus is fleshy, obsoletely umbonate, growing pale, variegated with saffron-red, adpressed, innate, pilose scales.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
