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mollipilose

mollipilose adjective: having soft hairs; downy.

Adjective

mollipilose (comparative more mollipilose, superlative most mollipilose)

  1. (archaic) Having soft hairs; downy.
    • mollipilose pelage
    • mollipilose plumage

Forms of mollipilose

comparativemore mollipilose
superlativemost mollipilose

Origin of mollipilose

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

Questions about mollipilose

What does mollipilose mean?
Mollipilose means having soft hairs; downy.
What part of speech is mollipilose?
Mollipilose is an adjective.

Words near mollipilose in the dictionary

  1. mollifyingly
  2. molligrubs
  3. mollin
  4. molline
  5. Mollington
  6. mollipilose
  7. mollisacacidin
  8. mollisacacidins
  9. mollisher
  10. mollishers
  11. mollisol

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