lanate adj 1: covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton" [syn: {lanate}, {woolly}]
Lanate \La"nate\, Lanated \La"na*ted\, [L. lanatus, fr. lana wool, down.] 1. Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: (Biol.) covered with dense often matted or curly hairs. Syn: wooly, woolly. [WordNet 1.5]