axillary hair

noun

Androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.

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Meanings

nounaxillary hair (usually uncountable, plural axillary hairs)

plural axillary hairs

  1. uncountableusuallyAndrogenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.
  2. countableusuallyA single strand of axillary hair.

Origin

From axillary (“adjacent or pertaining to the armpit, axilla, or shoulder”) + hair.

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Translations

Arabic شَعْر الْإِبْط
  • شَعْر الْإِبْط (šaʕr al-ʔibṭ)armpit hair
Czech axilární ochlupení
  • axilární ochlupeníarmpit hair
Finnish kainalokarvat, kainalokarvoitus
  • kainalokarvatarmpit hair
  • kainalokarvoitusarmpit hair
  • kainalokarvastrand of armpit hair
German Achselhaar
  • Achselhaararmpit hair
Japanese 腋毛
  • 腋毛 (wakige)armpit hair
Korean 액모, 겨드랑이털
  • 액모 (aengmo)armpit hair
  • 겨드랑이털 (gyeodeurang'iteol)armpit hair
Polish owłosienie pachowe, włos pachowy
  • owłosienie pachowearmpit hair
  • włos pachowystrand of armpit hair
Thai ขนรักแร้
  • ขนรักแร้ (kǒn-rák-rɛ́ɛ)armpit hair
Cite this entry
APA

axillary hair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axillary%20hair

MLA

“axillary hair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axillary%20hair. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “axillary hair,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axillary%20hair.

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