hispid

[ his-pid ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.

hispid

/ ˈhɪspɪd /

adjective

1. biology covered with stiff hairs or bristles

Derived Forms

• hisˈpidity, noun

Other Words From

• his·pidi·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hispid¹

1640–50; < Latin hispidus rough, shaggy; akin to hirsute

Word History and Origins

Origin of hispid¹

C17: from Latin hispidus bristly

Example Sentences

One hardy species endured the invasion: the hispid cotton rat.

From Seattle Times

Resembling the last, but of more compact habit, the leaflets densely resinous beneath and aromatic, and doubly serrate; the short pedicels and pinnatifid sepals hispid.

From Project Gutenberg

Distribution of the hispid cotton rat in Kansas.

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Stems.—One to two and one half feet high; hispid throughout, or armed with rigid bristles or prickles.

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Turnip, tur′nip, n. a biennial plant, with lyrate hispid leaves, the upper part of the root becoming, esp. in cultivation, swollen and fleshy—cultivated as a culinary esculent, and for feeding cattle and sheep.—n.

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