hispid

[his-pid]

adjective Botany, Zoology.

rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.

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

Related forms

his·pid·i·ty, noun

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phylum of green, nonvascular, seedless plants comprised of true mosses, hornworts and liverworts

organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy

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hispid (ˈhɪspɪd)

—*adj*
	biology covered with stiff hairs or bristles

[C17: from Latin hispidus bristly]

his'pidity

—n

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