Usually means: Relating to, resembling, or covering hair.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. pileous: Merriam-Webster
  2. pileous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pileous: Wordnik
  4. pileous: Wiktionary
  5. pileous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. pileous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. pileous: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Pileous, pileous: Dictionary.com
  9. Pileous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. pileous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Pileous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. pileous: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pileous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. pileous: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pileous)

▸ adjective:  (not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair.
▸ adjective:  (comparable) Covered with hair; hairy.

Similar:
piliferous, pilous, hairy, capillaceous, hairful, pilar, cilicious, pilose, haired, piligerous, more...

Opposite:
bald, hairless, smooth

Phrases:
pileous gland, more...

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Similar:
piliferous, pilous, hairy, capillaceous, hairful, pilar, cilicious, pilose, haired, piligerous, more...

Opposite:
bald, hairless, smooth

Phrases:
pileous gland, more...



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