Covered with down.

Closely covered with down or short fine hairs; pubescent, downy. Also: †having a flocculent, downy, or felted appearance (obsolete). Cf. tomentose…

Chiefly Botany and Entomology. Closely covered with down or short fine hairs; pubescent, downy. Also as second element in compounds.

Having a woolly covering or surface.

(See quots.)

Of persons: Covered with fluff. Of plants and animals: Covered with down, soft hairs, feathers, or fur; downy.

Of the nature of wool; woolly.

Covered with a short woolly substance; downy.