mollipilose

Meanings

adjectivemollipilose (comparative more mollipilose, superlative most mollipilose)

archaicbiologyHaving soft hairs; downy.
mollipilose pelage
1 more example
mollipilose plumage

From Latin mollis (“soft”) + pilosus (“hairy”). By surface analysis, Latin moll- + -i- + Latin pil- + -ose.

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