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Meaning of HISPID

Pronunciation:  'hispid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles; "plants with hispid stems"
 
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 Synonyms: hairy, hirsute
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\His"pid\, a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]
1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Bearing stiff, bristly hairs.
 
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