curly-haired

adj

having hair that forms curls

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Adj.

curly-haired - covered with curly hair; "a curly-coated water spaniel"

curly-coated

haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

Translations

curly-haired

[ˌkɜːlɪˈhɛəd] curly-headed [kɜːlɪˈhedɪd] ADJ → de pelo rizado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

curly-haired

[ˌkɜːlɪˈhɛəd] curly-headed [ˌkɜːlɪˈhɛdɪd] adj → ricciuto/a

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