Meanings
adjectivepiligerous (comparative more piligerous, superlative most piligerous)
comparative more piligerous · superlative most piligerous
- piliferous (covered in hair)
Origin
- Latinpilus“hair”
- Englishpiligerous
From Latin pilus (“hair”) + -gerous. Compare French piligère.
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Rhymes with piligerous
armigerousascigerousaurigerouscalcigerouscauligerouschaetigerouscirrigerouscoralligerouscornigerouscotyligerouscrinigerouscrucigerousdentigerouselytrigerouslanigerousoperculigerousovigerouspalpigerouspedigerousplumigerouspolypigerousproligerouspubigerouspupigerous
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APA
piligerous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piligerous
MLA
“piligerous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piligerous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piligerous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piligerous.
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