lanate

Adjective
Synonyms: woolly

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments“the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton”Synonyms: woolly
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lanate \La"nate\, Lanated \La"na*ted\, [L. lanatus, fr. lana wool, down.]

1.Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments. [1913 Webster]

2.Hence: (Biol.) covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.

Syn: wooly, woolly. [WordNet 1.5]

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