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lanigerous, a.|leɪˈnɪdʒərəs|
[f. L. lāniger (f. lāna wool + ger- carrying) + -ous.]
Wool-bearing; woolly.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 784 Whether there be within them [spiders] a certain lanigerous fertility..as in silk⁓worms. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey) Lanigerous Trees, those sort of Trees that bear a woolly, downy Substance; as..Poplars, Willows, and Osiers. 1786–7tr. Savary's Lett. fr. Egypt I. 316 This triangular rush [the papyrus]..bears a lanigerous tuft. 1839G. Raymond in New Monthly Mag. LVII. 408 He had a bushy, lanigerous head. 1841T. Southey (title) A Treatise on Sheep:..suggesting ideas for the Introduction of other Lanigerous Animals suited to the Climate. 1881Academy No. 491. 252 To him the republic is a..lanigerous and pelliferous region. |