Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Covered with stiff or rough hairs; bristly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hairy; rough; shaggy; bristly.
- Specifically— In botany, having strong hairs or bristles; beset with stiff bristles.
- In entomology, closely covered with small angular prominences; rough with minute spines or very rigid bristles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rough with bristles or minute spines.
- adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Covered in short, stiff
hairs ;bristly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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These include the Sumatran striped rabbit, hispid hare, Amami rabbit and the Annamite striped rabbit, only discovered by scientists in 1995.
'Year Of The Rabbit' Actually Threatens Furry Animal AP 2011
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These include the Sumatran striped rabbit, hispid hare, Amami rabbit and the Annamite striped rabbit, only discovered by scientists in 1995.
'Year Of The Rabbit' Actually Threatens Furry Animal AP 2011
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The distribution and status of the hispid hare Caprolagus hispidus - with some additional notes on the pigmy hog Sus salvinius.
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Hundreds of trees have been felled and the habitats of endangered species such as golden langur, hispid hare and pygmy hog, have been put at risk.
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It is also the single most important site for the survival of golden langur, pygmy hog and hispid hare.
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- The Biology and Conservation of the Pigmy Hog Sus salvanius and the hispid hare Capriolagus hispidus.
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Several endangered mammalian herbivores are also present, including the Asiatic wild buffalo and the near-endemic hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) (Table 1).
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Species such as the hispid hare and pygmy hog are found in these grasslands, especially in the soft soils and muddy areas along the river courses.
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Of these, the pygmy hog and the hispid hare are confined to the grassland habitats.
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As the resolute propounders of intermittent jocularity strode onward toward the beckoning sunset, accompanied by a hulking and perplexed mass of hair that lumbered after them on legs like hispid tree trunks, and one brooding black cat of striking size and grace, the Gogloyyik lifted its outlandish cranium and watched them go, not overlooking a chance to fenegrate the sookstrum that unexpectedly darted between its legs.
A Triumph of Souls Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
knitandpurl commented on the word hispid
"I don't know what compelled me at age six to transplant a bunch of buttercups from the local non-playground at the bottom of our street to my father's garden. I don't know if my buttercups were of the cursed, bristly, early, hispid, creeping, bulbous, or common variety. They were yellow."
Night Bloom by Mary Cappello, p 95
January 9, 2011