Hairing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A distinctive pattern of hair growth. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hair form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"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."

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