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单词 pilous
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pilousadj.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪləs/, U.S. /ˈpaɪləs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pilōsus.
Etymology: < classical Latin pilōsus hairy (see pilose adj.); compare -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French pileux (1495).With pilous system compare French système pileux (see pileous adj.).
Containing or covered with hair, hairy; of or relating to hair.
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hoary1597
hirsute1626
pilous1658
piliferous1698
hirsuted1707
pilose1712
piligerous1835
pileous1842
pilar1858
stuppeous1860
piline1887
pilary1888
1658 J. Robinson Calm Ventilation Pseudodoxia Epidemica in Endoxa 124 The excrements of voracious doggs, which is seen to be very pilous.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B The eares, are..pilous in the rat.
1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms 385 Pilosum, pilous, covered with long Hairs that appear distinctly.
1842 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 10. 33 It is covered with a rough pilous epidermis.
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 291 The face lacking the crimson velvety pilous area.
1903 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 33 315 Comparatively tall stature, well-developed pilous system,..and non-Mongolian character of the eye.
1980 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 67 683 Stems terete, villous to pilous.
1981 Ann. Plastic Surg. 6 40 The anterior pilous area of the scalp.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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