lanuginousadj.
/ləˈnjuːdʒɪnəs/ Chiefly scientific.
Covered with down or fine soft hair; having a surface resembling down; of the nature of down; downy.
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downed1576
cottony1578
lanuginous?1578
lanuginose1693
fluey1861
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 79 Lanuginoous az a Lad of eyghteen yeerz.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 110 Hairie or lanuginous Catterpillers.
1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2167 That Lanuginous Stone, called Amianthus.
1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 823 A lanuginous matter exactly resembling that of pappous Plants.
1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 49 The Mouth and Tongue..by reason of its downy and lanuginous Membrane.
1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 Nat. Hist. 75/2 Cloathed with a lanuginous skin.
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 28 Found in Lanuginous Crystals on the walls of an old cellar.
1877 E. Coues & J. A. Allen Monogr. N. Amer. Rodentia (U.S. Geol. Surv. Territories, vol. XI) 46 Lanuginous tufts of hair.
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laˈnuginousness n. (Bailey vol. II. 1727.)
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