hairings

Noun

hairing (countable and uncountable, plural hairings)

1. A distinctive pattern of hair growth.
   • Base of abdomen thickly covered with silvery-yellow to golden hairing and strikingly contrasting in colour with remainder of abdomen, which appears partly or entirely black with black hairing.1973, Kenneth G. V. Smith, Teresa Clay, John Smart, Insects and other arthropods of medical importance, page 128