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piligerous

piligerous adjective: piliferous (covered in hair).

Adjective

piligerous (comparative more piligerous, superlative most piligerous)

  1. piliferous (covered in hair)

Forms of piligerous

comparativemore piligerous
superlativemost piligerous

Origin of piligerous

From Latin pilus (“hair”) + -gerous. Compare French piligère.

Words that rhyme with piligerous

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Questions about piligerous

What does piligerous mean?
Piligerous means piliferous (covered in hair).
What part of speech is piligerous?
Piligerous is an adjective.

Words near piligerous in the dictionary

  1. pilids
  2. pilifer
  3. piliferous
  4. pilifers
  5. piliform
  6. piligerous
  7. pilikia
  8. Pililla
  9. pilimiction
  10. pilin
  11. piling

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