See Also: hirsute(medicine)
hirsute(dictionary)
hirsute(dictionary)

migratory (iou) and hirsute (medicine)


migratory (iou)



migratory adjective. E18.
[from MIGRATE + -ORY2.]
1. Characterized by or given to (esp. periodical or seasonal) migration. E18.
migratory locust any of various locusts which periodically increase suddenly in numbers, undergo mass migrations, and devastate vegetation; spec. Locusta migratoria, widespread in the Old World tropics.
J. A. Hammerton A migratory fish which comes to the islands in autumn. W. Lippmann The inevitable and desirable human resistance to a migratory existence.
2. Of or pertaining to migration. M18.
Bird Watching The staggering migratory feats of the Arctic tern.
migratorial adjective (rare) migratory M19.

hirsute (medicine)


hirsute
<dermatology> Bearing coarse, rough, longish hairs.

Compare: villous.