Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the form of a hair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Slender or fine as a hair; filiform; filamentous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Resembling hairs or down.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling
hair
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin pilus, hair + –form.]
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Latin pilus ("hair") + -form
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Examples
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The head, which is relatively small, appears to be larger than it really is, owing to the development of the piliform tuft on the occiput, this being capable of erection so as to form a crest
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Various
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The back and sides of the head are covered with downy feathers of a silky brown and silvery gray, and the front of the neck with piliform feathers of a ruddy brown.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Various
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