Lanugo definition

Lanugo

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WordNet

(1) The fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation

WiktionaryText

lanugo

soft down or fine hair, specifically as covering the human foetus
- 1955: early spring mountains with young-elephant lanugo along their spines — Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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