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Definition of: hirsute
(hûr′s
t, hûr·st′) adjective
1. Having a hairy covering; set with bristles; shaggy.
2. Covered with coarse hairs or hairlike processes.
3. Covered with fine hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds. [<L hirsutus rough]
—hir′sute·ness noun
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