pilose

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If you ignore that pilose caterpillar he inexplicably adheres to his chin, he's cuter than a basket full of stray koalas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2010

Thorax deep black, pilose; abdomen tawny along each side.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

P. conical then exp. almost smooth, pale brown, thin, slightly pilose; g. crowded, narrow, rosy violet then greyish brown; s. white, shining, springing from a copious creeping mycelium; sp. 4-5 long.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The first glume is elliptic, oblong, irregularly obtuse, about 11-nerved, margins slightly infolded with long pilose hairs throughout, more along the margin.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Legs stout, rather short; tibiæ pilose; fore tibiæ very short; posterior tibiæ very broad, especially the middle pair.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various