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piloerectors

piloerectors is the plural of piloerector.

Meaning of piloerector

Noun

piloerector (plural piloerectors)

  1. A muscle responsible for piloerection.
    • Nor should we neglect that quintessentially mammalian trait, our hair, which, at the behest of tiny piloerector muscles at the base of each strand, can puff up to trap pockets of still air, one of the finest insulators known.2007 February 20, Natalie Angier, “A Mammal in Winter With a Furnace of Her Own”, in New York Times

Questions about piloerectors

What is piloerectors the plural of?
Piloerectors is the plural of piloerector.

Words near piloerectors in the dictionary

  1. piloerected
  2. piloerecting
  3. piloerection
  4. piloerections
  5. piloerector
  6. piloerectors
  7. piloerects
  8. pilogenesis
  9. piloi
  10. piloid
  11. pilomatricoma

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