hispid

Speech parts

1. hispid - Adjective

2. hispid - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Rough with bristles or minute spines.

Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shaggy rough acute fuzzy barbed bearded hairy spiny woolly bushy thorny prickly fleecy bristling bristly
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Antonyms

strong regular silken hard flat straight
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Phrases with the word

hispid hare hispid starburr hispid cotton rat

Examples

plants with hispid stems Source: Internet

Although most species live and breed in burrows, the cottontails and hispid hares have forms (nests). Source: Internet

Five leporid species with "hare" in their common names are not considered true hares: the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus), and four species known as red rock hares (comprising Pronolagus). Source: Internet

The fur of northern subspecies is longer and denser than in southern forms, with the fur of some Mexican and Central American forms being almost hispid (bristly). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Hispanosphere Hispasian hispi hispid cotton rat hispid hare hispid pocket mouse