Hairing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hairing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of hair.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of hair.
More Meanings
- A distinctive pattern of hair growth.
Example Sentences
The presence or absence, or extent, of hairing on different parts of the body can provide valuable taxonomic characters at species-group, or genus-group levels.
Hind tibiae bristled above, about 8 bristles in antero- and posterodorsal rows nearly as long as tibia is deep, intermixed with shorter hairing, ventrally with short adpressed bristly-hairs.
Base of abdomen thickly covered with silvery-yellow to golden hairing and strikingly contrasting in colour with remainder of abdomen, which appears partly or entirely black with black hairing.
Word Forms
- hairings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fuzz, haircloth, tomentum, hairbreadth, hairy, capillary.
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