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hispid

[ his-pid ]

adjective

Botany, Zoology.
  1. rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.


hispid

/ ˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. 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

Origin of hispid1

1640–50; < Latin hispidus rough, shaggy; akin to hirsute
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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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