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hispid
[ his-pid ]
adjective
Botany, Zoology.
- rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
hispid
/ ˈɪɪ /
adjective
- biology covered with stiff hairs or bristles
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Derived Forms
- ˈ辱徱ٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·辱i·ٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hispid1
C17: from Latin hispidus bristly
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One hardy species endured the invasion: the hispid cotton rat.
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Hairy; leaves 3–5-cleft and incised; stamens 15–20; fruit hispid at the top.—Low grounds, Va. and southward.
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Distribution of the hispid cotton rat in Kansas.
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Stems.—One to two and one half feet high; hispid throughout, or armed with rigid bristles or prickles.
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Turnip, tur′nip, n. a biennial plant, with lyrate hispid leaves, the upper part of the root becoming, esp. in cultivation, swollen and fleshy—cultivated as a culinary esculent, and for feeding cattle and sheep.—n.
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