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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
woolly \wool"ly\, a.
1. consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly
fleece.
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2. resembling wool; of the nature of wool. "my fleece of
woolly hair." --shak.
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3. clothed with wool. "woolly breeders." --shak.
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4. bot. clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling
wool.
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woolly bear zool., the hairy larva of several species of
bombycid moths. the most common species in the united
states are the salt-marsh caterpillar see under salt,
the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the isabella
moth see illust., under isabella moth, and the yellow
woolly bear, or larva of the american ermine moth
spilosoma virginica.
woolly butt bot., an australian tree eucalyptus
longifolia, so named because of its fibrous bark.
woolly louse zool., a plant louse schizoneura lanigera
syn erisoma lanigera which is often very injurious to
the apple tree. it is covered with a dense coat of white
filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. in
exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the
other the branches. see illust. under blight.
woolly macaco zool., the mongoose lemur.
woolly maki zool., a long-tailed lemur indris laniger
native of madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; --
called also avahi, and woolly lemur.
woolly monkey zool., any south american monkey of the
genus lagothrix, as the caparro.
woolly rhinoceros paleon., an extinct rhinoceros
rhinoceros tichorhinus which inhabited the arctic
regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair.
it has been found frozen in the ice of siberia, with the
flesh and hair well preserved.
1913 webster
see also:
woolly bear salt isabella moth spilosoma virginica woolly butt eucalyptus longifolia
woolly louse schizoneura lanigera erisoma lanigera blight woolly macaco
woolly maki indris laniger avahi woolly lemur woolly monkey
lagothrix woolly rhinoceros rhinoceros tichorhinus
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