Definition of Woolly
Wool´ly
a.
1.
Consisting
of
wool
;
as
,
a
woolly
covering
;
a
woolly
fleece
.
2.
Resembling
wool
;
of
the
nature
of
wool
.
3.
Clothed
with
wool
.
4.
(Bot.)
Clothed
with
a
fine
,
curly
pubescence
resembling
wool
.
Woolly bear
(Zool.)
the
hairy
larva
of
several
species
of
bombycid
moths
.
The
most
common
species
in
the
United
States
are
the
salt-marsh
caterpillar
(
see
under
Salt
),
the
black
and
red
woolly
bear
,
or
larva
of
the
Isabella
moth
(
see
Illust.
,
under
Isabella Moth
),
and
the
yellow
woolly
bear
,
or
larva
of
the
American
ermine
moth
(
Spilosoma
Virginica
).
Woolly butt
(Bot.)
an
Australian
tree
(
Eucalyptus
longifolia
),
so
named
because
of
its
fibrous
bark
.
Woolly louse
(Zool.)
a
plant
louse
(
Schizoneura
lanigera
syn
Erisoma
lanigera
)
which
is
often
very
injurious
to
the
apple
tree
.
It
is
covered
with
a
dense
coat
of
white
filaments
somewhat
resembling
fine
wool
or
cotton
.
In
exists
in
two
forms
,
one
of
which
infests
the
roots
,
the
other
the
branches
.
See
Illust.
under
Blight
.
Woolly macaco
(Zool.)
the
mongoose
lemur
.
Woolly maki
(Zool.)
a
long-tailed
lemur
(
Indris
laniger
)
native
of
Madagascar
,
having
fur
somewhat
like
wool
; -
called
also
avahi
,
and
woolly lemur
.
Woolly monkey
(Zool.)
any
South
American
monkey
of
the
genus
Lagothrix
,
as
the
caparro
.
Woolly rhinoceros
(Paleon.)
an
extinct
rhinoceros
(
Rhinoceros
tichorhinus
)
which
inhabited
the
arctic
regions
,
and
was
covered
with
a
dense
coat
of
woolly
hair
.
It
has
been
found
frozen
in
the
ice
of
Siberia
,
with
the
flesh
and
hair
well
preserved
.
Related Words
bristly
,
bushy
,
cirrose
,
downy
,
feathery
,
fleecy
,
flocculent
,
flossy
,
fluffy
,
furry
,
fuzzy
,
hairy
,
hirsute
,
hispid
,
lanate
,
matted
,
pilose
,
pubescent
,
shagged
,
shaggy
,
unshorn
,
whiskered
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