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hirsute

(of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs

hirsute

[′hər‚süt]
(biology)
Shaggy; hairy.

hirsute

Occasionally used as a humorous synonym for hairy.
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Results: Mean HADS score of 100 hirsute patients was 12.66+-6.11 which is abnormal.
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Shelley & Kiser (2000) gave the following diagnostic characters for this species: cephalic plate with complete longitudinal sutures; forcipular co-xosternite with transverse sulcus; first 7-10 antennomeres sparsely hirsute; first tergite with anterior transverse sulcus; tergal marginations beginning on tergites 4-5; and femora of most legs with one or more dorsoapical spurs.
First record of Scolopendra gigantea Linnaeus, 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) from Panama

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