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body-hair

body-hair is the rare spelling of body hair.

Meaning of body hair

Noun

body hair (countable and uncountable, plural body hairs)

  1. Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
  2. An individual strand of such hair.
    • If I were the water of your bath/I would send part of me to gather/in the recess of your navel.../and there my temperature would rise to match yours/and I would move your body hairs like plants of the sea/in and out with the tide/created by your movement.1984 February 11, James R. Wetter, “The Water of Your Bath”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 29, page 8

Questions about body-hair

What is body-hair the rare spelling of?
Body-hair is the rare spelling of body hair.

Words near body-hair in the dictionary

  1. body-con
  2. body-dysmorphic disorder
  3. body-dysmorphic disorders
  4. body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
  5. body-focused repetitive behavior disorders
  6. body-hair
  7. body-hugging
  8. body-mind
  9. body-minds
  10. body-ody-ody
  11. body-paint

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