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HISPID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hispid mean?
• HISPID (adjective)
The adjective HISPID has 1 sense:
1. (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
Familiarity information: HISPID used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
Context example:
plants with hispid stems
Similar:
haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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