la·nu·go (l -n  g , -ny-)n. pl. la·nu·gos A covering of fine, soft hair, as on a leaf, an insect, or a newborn child. [Middle English, pith, from Latin l  n g, down, from lna, wool.] |
lanugo [ləˈnjuːgəʊ]
n pl -gos
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a layer of fine hairs, esp the covering of the human fetus before birth
[from Latin: down, from lāna wool]
lanuginous [ləˈnjuːdʒɪnəs], lanuginose adj
lanuginousness n
| lanugo (l-ng) A covering of fine, soft hair or hairlike structures, as on a leaf, insect, or human fetus. |
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