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1. (n.) lanugo
a coat of delicate, downy hairs, esp. that with which the human fetus is covered.
Etymology: (1670–80; < L lānūgō pubescent hair, down, der. of lānawool)
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1. (noun) lanugo
the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
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1. (noun) lanugo
the soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth
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