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lanugo
CIDE DICTIONARY
lanugo, n. [See Lanuginose.].
The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lanugo, n. fine soft hair, esp. that which covers the body and limbs of a human foetus.
Etymology
L, = down f. lana wool
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