Hispid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hispid \His"pid\, a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]
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     1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.
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     2. (Bot. & Zool.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hispid
       adj : (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or
             bristles; "plants with hispid stems"