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fleecy
CIDE DICTIONARY
fleecy, a.
Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. Prior. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fleecy, adj. & n.
--adj. (fleecier, fleeciest)
1 of or like a fleece.
2 covered with a fleece.
--n. (also fleecie) (pl. -ies) Austral. & NZ a person whose job is to pick up fleeces in a shearing shed.
--adj. (fleecier, fleeciest)
1 of or like a fleece.
2 covered with a fleece.
--n. (also fleecie) (pl. -ies) Austral. & NZ a person whose job is to pick up fleeces in a shearing shed.
Derivative
fleecily adv. fleeciness n.
THESAURUS
fleecy
bristly, bushy, cirrose, downy, feathery, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, whiskered, woollyFor further exploring for "fleecy" in Webster Dictionary Online