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HISPIDITY

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his⋅pid

  [his-pid]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
Origin:
1640–50; < L hispidus rough, shaggy; akin to hirsute

Related forms:
his⋅pid⋅i⋅ty, noun
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his·pid   (hĭs'pĭd)   
adj.  Covered with stiff or rough hairs; bristly: hispid stems.

[Latin hispidus.]
his·pid'i·ty (hĭ-spĭd'ĭ-tē) n.
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