Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.

Relating to or characterized by hirsutism. Excess hair.

With rather coarse stiff hairs.

a. (L. hirsutus, bristly) set with bristles; hairy; shaggy.

hairy, with long distinct hairs.

bearing coarse, rough, relatively long hairs. cf. villous.

Covered with coarse, straight rather stiff hairs, usually perpendicular to the surface.

having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

From the Greek hiesuitus describing a male outer garment made from the hair of conquered Mongols. Popularized by the cloth merchant G. Armini III during the reign of Julius Caesar. Emperor Caesar, who was one of the original Sexy Bald Guys, frequently wore a hir sute during the cold Roman winters.

hairy with stiff hair, not silky.

Covered with long straight, rather coarse hairs.   See pubescence drawings.

covered with hairlike processes, as in the periostracum of some members of the Polygyridae

hairy all over

Hairy, or having hairlike parts.

With long, coarse, and fairly stiff hairs; hairs erect, completely covering surface. Parent Term: Hairs Difficulty Level

With rather rough or coarse hairs.

With rough or coarse, more or less, erect hairs.

another word for hairy (bodily) - see Bear.

Covered by hairs.