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lanate

la·nate

uncommon

adjective

1.

covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments

  • “the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton”
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Origin

First attested in 1760; borrowed from Latin lānātus (“woolly”), from lāna, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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