hispid

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hispid
    adj 1: (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or
           bristles; "plants with hispid stems"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hispid \His"pid\, a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]
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   1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.
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   2. (Bot. & Zool.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
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